Carta Marina is based upon the entitling discovered on the popular map drawn by Olaus Magnus in 1539. The map of northern Europe took 12 years to complete, and the overall size is a substantial 1.7 meters tall by 1.25 meters wide. More information about the map, along with the high resolution referral document used to develop the typeface and illustration set can be found at the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota.
The titling is somewhat aged, really strong and sophisticated. Carta Marina includes a full set of OpenType alternates for each character in the English alphabet, oldstyle figures, historic forms, little caps and 64 discretionary ligatures. These ligatures are used to alter the appearance of the type so that the printing appears sensible and with no duplicate letters to diminish the antique appearance.
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