Morta font

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.

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 Morta font is all about journey and unknown, so let the adventure begin!

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

Languages: 500+. The list of supported languages: https://michaelrafailyk.com/morta

Glyphs: 1801

Hinting: Manual PostScript.

OpenType Features:

Unicase: The design combines the shapes of uppercase and some lowercase letters.

Stylistic Alternates: TtЗзЖжНнУуФфЦцЧчЩщЯя

Stylistic Set 01 “Arrows”: Please read the Description.txt file to see an examples.

Stylistic Set 02 “Interpunct”: All space characters are replaced with its alternate version that contains vertically centered dot that mimics word separation in the ancient Latin script.

Stylistic Set 03 “Ruthenian Cyrillic”: The letters ЖжНнУуФфЦцЧчЩщЯя are replaced with its historical Ukrainian Cyrillic forms. With respect to the project “Graphics of the Ukrainian language”.

Ordinals: adehnorst.

Superscript, Subscript, Numerator, Denominator: 0123456789.

Fractions: ¼½¾⅐⅑⅒⅓⅔⅕⅖⅗⅘⅙⅚⅛⅜⅝⅞⅟ (precomposed). Any other fractions (even those typed through a slash) will also be displayed correctly, with the automatic replacement to Numerator + fraction + Denominator.

Slashed Zero: All 0 figures.

Localized Forms: character substitutions for Azeri, Catalan, Dutch, German, Kazakh, Moldavian, Polish, Romanian, Tatar, Turkish, Urdu.

Glyph Composition/Decomposition (Diacritics): Full Latin and based Vietnamese set of diacritics (571 characters). Precomposed.

Mark Positioning: Diacritical marks positioned for a base characters.

Initial Forms: Feature required to process a shapes of the Arabic script.

Medial Forms: Feature required to process a shapes of the Arabic script.

Terminal Forms: Feature required to process a shapes of the Arabic script.

Required Ligatures: Feature required to process a shapes of the Arabic script.

Supported languages:

Arabic: Arabic, Kurdish, Malay (Jawi), Pashto, Persian (Farsi, Dari), Talysh, Urdu, Uyghur

Hebrew: Hebrew (Modern)

Greek: Greek (Modern)

Mkhedruli: Georgian

Cyrillic: Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aleut, Altai, Avar, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chaplino, Chechen, Chukchi, Chuvash, Dargwa, Dungan, Enets, Erzya, Even, Ingush, Kabardian, Kalmyk, Karachay, Kazakh, Khalkha, Khanty, Kildin Sámi, Komi, Koryak, Kumyk, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgian, Macedonian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Mordvinic, Nenets, Ossetian, Romanian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Siberian Tatar, Tabasaran, Tajik, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvan, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut (Sakha)

Latin Europe: Albanian, Alsatian, Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Arvanitika, Asturian, Balkan Romani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Cimbrian, Colognian (Kölsch), Cornish, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, Folkspraak, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gagauz, Galician, Genoese, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jèrriais, Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), Kalaallisut, Karelian, Kashubian, Kven, Ladin, Latgalian, Latin, Latvian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lombard, Low German, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Manx, Megleno-Romanian, Mirandese, Montenegrin, Neapolitan, Norwegian, Occitan, Old Icelandic, Old Norse, Picard, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Prussian, Romani, Romanian, Romansh, Rusyn, Sami (Inari, Lule, Northern, Southern, Pite, Skolt, Ume), Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovene (Slovenian), Sorbian (Lower, Upper), Spanish, Swedish, Swiss German, Tosk, Venetian, Veps, Võro, Walloon, Walser, Welsh

Latin Asia: Amis, Ao, Asu, Atayal, Azerbaijani, Falam, Hakha Chin (Lai), Hani, Hmu (Qiandong Miao), Karakalpak, Khasi, Kurdish, Mizo, Nagamese (Naga Pidgin), Oroqen, Talysh, Tatar, Tedim, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Zaza

Latin Oceania: Acehnese, Anuta, Arrernte, Balinese, Batak, Bikol, Bislama, Buginese, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chuukese, Cook Islands Māori (Rarotongan), Drehu, Fijian, Filipino, Gilbertese (Kiribati), Gooniyandi, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Indonesian, Javanese, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kapampangan, Madurese, Malaysian Malay, Māori, Marquesan, Marshallese, Meriam, Minangkabau, Murrinh-Patha, Ngiyampaa, Niuean, Noongar, Palauan, Paluan, Pijin, Pintupi, Pohnpeian, Rotokas, Samoan, Sundanese, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tetum, Toba Batak, Tok Pisin, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Uab Meto (Dawan), Ulithian, Wallisian, Waray, Warlpiri, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Yapese, Yindjibarndi

Latin Africa: Acheron, Afar, Afrikaans, Aghem, Aja, Akan, Bafia, Bagirmi, Bambara, Baoulé, Bari, Bariba, Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Berba (Biali), Boko, Bono (Abron), Bushi, Cape Verdean Creole, Central Kilimanjaro, Central Yambasa (Yangben), Chewa (Nyanja), Chokwe, Comorian, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme, Dendi, Dholuo, Dinka, Dongolawi (Andaandi), Duala, Dyula, Edo (Bini), Embu, Ewe, Ewondo, Fante, Fon, Fula (Borgu Fulfulde, Maasina Fulfulde, Nigerian Fulfulde), Ga’anda, Gen, Gonja, Gusii, Hausa, Igbo, Jola, Kabiyè, Kabyle, Kako, Kamba, Kanuri, Kaonde, Keiyo (Elgeyo, Kalenjin), Kenzi, Khoekhoe (Nama), Kiga, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi (Rundi), Kissi, Kituba, Kongo, Konjo, Koyra Chiini, Koyraboro Senni, Kpelle, Krio, Kwanyama, Kulango, Kwasio, Limba, Lingala, Lobi, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luba-Kasai (Tshiluba), Luchazi (Nyemba), Luhya (Luyia), Luo, Maasai, Makhuwa, Makonde, Makwe, Malagasy, Maninka, Maore, Mauritian Creole, Mbelime, Mende, Meru, Meta’, Miyobe, Mooré (Mossi), Mundang, Mwani, Nateni, Ndebele, Ndonga, Ngiemboon, Ngomba, Nkore, Nobiin, Nso (Lamnso), Nuer, Nyamwezi, Nzima, Onĕipŏt, Oromo, Otuho, Ovambo, Pedi, Pherá (Xwela), Pulaar, Pular, Rangi, Rombo, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Sena, Seychellois Creole, Shambala, Shilha (Tachelhit), Shilluk, Shona, Soga, Somali, Soninke, Sotho (Nothern, Southern), Sukuma, Susu, Swahili, Swazi, Taita, Tammari, Tasawaq, Teso, Temne, Tiv, Tonga, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Twi, Umbundu, Vai, Venda, Waama, Waci, Wasa, West Kilimanjaro, Wolof, Xhosa, Yao, Yoruba, Zarma, Zulu

Latin South America: Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri (Harákmbut), Antillean Creole, Apinayé, Arabela, Asháninka, Ashéninka, Awa Pit (Cuaiquer), Awetí, Aymara, Bora, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Caribbean Hindustani, Cashibo, Chaʼpalaa (Chachi), Chayahuita, Chiltepec Chinantec, Cofán, Ese Ejja, Garifuna, Guarani, Haitian Creole, Huastec, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican, Kaingang, Kaqchikel, Kashinawa, K’iche’, Mam, Mapuche (Mapudungun), Matsés, Miskito, Murui Huitoto, Nahuatl, Nawat (Pipil), Nomatsiguenga, Northwestern Otomi, Ojitlán Chinantec, Páez, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Purépecha, Qʼeqchiʼ, Quechua, Saramaccan, Secoya, Seri, Shipibo, Shuar, Silacayoapan Mixtec, Siona, Sranan Tongo, Ticuna, Toba (Maskoy), Tojolabal, Totontepec Mixe, Tsafiki, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Urarina, Waorani (Sabela), Wayuu (Guajiro), Xavante, Yagua, Yaminawa, Yanesha’, Yanomamö, Yucatec Maya, Záparo, Zapotec

Latin North America: Abenaki, Aleut, Chickasaw, Gwich’in, Hän, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Innu-aimun (Montagnais), Lakota, Mi’kmaq, Mohawk, Munsee, Muscogee (Creek), Navajo, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Unami, Zuni

Latin Constructed: Esperanto, Ido, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interlingue (Occidental), Klingon, Latino sine Flexione, Lojban, Novial, Slovio, Volapük

*The promo images used “The Dedication” painting by Edmund Blair Leighton, “The Idyll” painting by Mykola Pymonenko, photos of Steve Johnson from Pexels and Matt Brett from Unsplash, “What did we have?” poetry by Lina Kostenko, the Sonnets’ dedication by William Shakespeare, and illustrations by Michael Rafailyk.