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  1. 05

    Meridian

    Map lettering

    The fifth cut in the catalogue is the widest letterform I've revived so far, taken from the title cartouche of an 1822 coastal survey map that was meant to be...

    Mar 2026
  2. 01

    Portolan

    Map lettering

    The plate I worked from lives in a maritime archive box labeled only "Sound and Belts, misc., 18th c." — a chart of the strait between Denmark and Sweden, engraved...

    Feb 2025