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From tide gauge wall to 20-style type system

Yury Ostromentsky conceived Maregraphe after encountering lettering on the wall of the Marseille tide gauge pavilion, a coastal measurement station operating since the late 19th century. He combined the source lettering's low contrast and close proportions with his own idiosyncratic preferences in letterforming to produce a sharp modern serif. The collection spans 20 styles from Caption to Poster plus a variable font, and extends to two extreme widths—Mega Compressed and Mega Extended—that test the outer limits of serif readability.

Set in Maregraphe Collection