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Mortise

by Signal
Individual Styles from $50.00 USD
The Mortise Font Family was designed by Max Phillips, Seán Mongey and published by Signal. Mortise contains 4 styles.

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To mortise is “to join or fasten securely.” Created by an aspiring furniture-maker and an ageing typographer, Mortise is a solidly constructed new slab serif, and marks Signal’s first collaboration with outside designers. A generous x-height, open counters, wide proportions, and monoline strokes make it readable and practical, while the long, slightly curved vertical serifs give it a raffish, mustache-twirling air. The X-Light is neat and refined and holds the page nicely; the middle weights are sturdy and direct; and the broad, blocky serifs on the X-Bold are exuberant and perhaps a bit rowdy. Available in six carefully crafted weights, Mortise is both a fresh new face and a versatile addition to the venerable slab serif genre. And, of course, it goes well with its sans sibling, Tenon.

Designers: Max Phillips, Seán Mongey

Publisher: Signal

Foundry: Signal

Design Owner: Signal

MyFonts debut: Nov 27, 2019

Mortise

About Signal

Signal is a Dublin-based type foundry and drawing office run by by Max Phillips and offering 20 years of letter-making experience informed by 30 years of branding experience. We are dedicated to clarity of form, fitness for purpose, and the highest standards of craft. Our work has been recognised by, among others, the Type Directors Club of New York, Communication Arts, Graphis, and the ISTD.

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