Typeface Design for Plotter Liner
Curves built entirely from straight segments
Plotter Liner is a subfamily within Nikola Djurek's Plotter super-family, released by Typotheque in 2017. It renders curves using only straight segments, distinguishing it from the round-curve Plotter. The broader family draws on the visual language of hand-lettered technical drawings and architectural plans, reducing letterforms to stencil-based elements: stems, arms, diagonals, and curves. Across the full Plotter suite, 47 fonts are organized into 12 packages covering Basic, Monospaced, Stencil, Display, Hand, and Wave subfamilies.
Set in Plotter Liner
Insights
- Plotter Liner approximates curves using only straight segments, a constraint rooted in the tools and norms of hand-lettered technical drafting.
- Plotter Wave uses contextual OpenType substitution to sequence letterforms by slope angle, from extreme backslant to extreme right slant within a single word.
- Upright forms across the family can be mathematically inclined to any angle, including backslants.
- OpenType features are intentionally limited; two Stylistic Sets provide alternate forms of 'a' and 'I'.
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