Information
Martina Plantijn is a better Plantin. Informed by the workhorse qualities of Frank Hinman Pierpont’s typeface and expanding upon his research of 16th century type at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, Martina Plantijn makes decisive digital updates across its roman and italic cuts.
- Design
- Kris Sowersby
- Engineering
- Noe Blanco
- Collaborators
- Dave Foster
- James Goggin
- Awards
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Gold Pin2023
- Release date
- 2023
- Current version
- 2.000
- Classification
- Serif Oldstyle
- Font formats
- OTF DesktopWOFF2 WebTTF App, variable font
- OpenType features
- Old-style numeralsonum
- Tabular numeralstnum
- Small capssmcp
- All small capsc2sc
- Ligaturesliga
- Contextual alternatescalt
- Fractionsfrac
- Superiorssups
- Inferiorssinf
- Ordinalsordn
- Capital formscase
- Glyph count
- 924 per Roman style926 per Italic style9,250 total
- Font styles
- 10
- Hinting
- Manual VTT hinting
- Kerning
- Manual kerning697 pairs per style
| Axis name | Tag | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | wght | 300 – 900 | 400 |
Note: We only supply variable fonts with purchases of the full Martina Plantijn family.
| Font name | Pixel size | Point size | File size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Plantijn roman variable font | 16 | 7 | 82kb |
| Martina Plantijn italic variable font | 16 | 7 | 89kb |
| Martina Plantijn Light | 16 | 7 | 46kb |
| Martina Plantijn Light Italic | 16 | 7 | 50kb |
| Martina Plantijn Regular | 16 | 7 | 44kb |
| Martina Plantijn Italic | 16 | 7 | 47kb |
| Martina Plantijn Medium | 16 | 7 | 46kb |
| Martina Plantijn Medium Italic | 16 | 7 | 50kb |
| Martina Plantijn Bold | 16 | 7 | 47kb |
| Martina Plantijn Bold Italic | 16 | 7 | 50kb |
| Martina Plantijn Black | 16 | 7 | 45kb |
| Martina Plantijn Black Italic | 16 | 7 | 48kb |