Morta

Morta is a handwritten unicase typeface with a slight calligraphic influence. Its design, like a centuries-old cold dark stones, has carved edges and polished corners, and represented by two styles: more legible “Brute” for general use, and more contrast “Grace” for large text size.

Concept

While working on concept sketches, I synthesized such theses as historical and cartoon, mystical and attractive. What if I mirror the slant of an Italic writing in the other direction to create the feeling of looking from the other side, from behind the mirror? And if I use some calligraphic techniques and strokes? I worked to create a deliberately irregular shape with a minimal use of straight lines. At the same time, I avoided sharp corners in order to express the form chiseled by many centuries, like a stones polished by sea water. The typographic technique of Unicase (using the form of upper and lower case letters in a single universal size) helped to outline the concept in the best possible way, because it gives the text a feeling of ancient Latin writing, when only capital letters were used. For the same reason, the font received the stylistic set “Interpunct”, which separates words with a middle dot instead of a space. The Morta font is all about journey and unknown, so let the adventure begin!

Scripts supported: Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Georgian, Arabic, Hebrew

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cartooncarvedhandwrittenoldroundedstoneunicase