Motherlands
displaymap lettering revival
A single-weight display face drawn from lettering found on World War II-era maps, recreated after the designer found no existing digital version.
About
Inspired by cartographic lettering encountered during library research into Second World War materials, this face fills a genuine gap where no digital revival previously existed. It ships as a single Regular weight and covers 74 languages. Best suited to display and headline use where a period map aesthetic is wanted.
Classification
Drawn from lettering found on World War II-era maps, placing it firmly in the display category as a historically-informed revival with a specific archival source rather than a text or body-copy application.
Weights
Regular
Languages
Latin Extended
Tags
displaymap-letteringwwiirevivalarchivalhistoricalsingle-weight