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St Martin

St Martin delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Carl J Kurtz91% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use St Martin

01

Best Font Pairings for St Martin

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for St Martin, including combinations with Soulcraft, Fanfarron and Tachyo.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test St Martin Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview St Martin with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

St Martin Specimen Gallery

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St Martin Editorial Specimen

St Martin in Editorial Context

St Martin is a sans serif typeface by Carl J Kurtz suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Carl J Kurtz

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

St Martin demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of St Martin supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Carl J Kurtz, St Martin balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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St Martin Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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St Martin Specimen

St Martin

St Martin is a sans serif typeface by Carl J Kurtz built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

St Martin
St Martin
ST MARTIN
ST MARTINTYPE
S

Tagline Pairings

St Martin— sans serif typeface
St MartinBy Carl J Kurtz
St MartinTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

St Martin Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

St Martin Typography Scale

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
St Martin primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
St Martin section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
St Martin subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
St Martin content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
St Martin minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
St Martin smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Reading Text in St Martin

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for St Martin, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

St Martin demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting St Martin for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

St Martin small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxSt Martin delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxSt Martin italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxSt Martin bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxSt Martin typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxSt Martin typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'St Martin'; }

Quick Start

Integrating St Martin

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=St+Martin:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=St+Martin:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'St Martin';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=St+Martin:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Code Snippets for St Martin

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

1.my-text {
2 font-family: 'St Martin', sans-serif;
3 font-weight: 400;
4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

1$font-primary: 'St Martin', sans-serif;
2
3.my-text {
4 font-family: $font-primary;
5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

1// tailwind.config.js
2module.exports = {
3 theme: {
4 extend: {
5 fontFamily: {
6 'st-martin': ['St Martin', 'sans-serif'],
7 },
8 },
9 },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-st-martin">Your text here</p>

About

About St Martin

Carl J Kurtz
Sans Serif
Open Source

St Martin Typeface font is a decorative retro sans-serif by Carl J Kurtz channeling vintage Americana for nostalgic design projects. This unique font family combines classic proportions with distinctive period details, suitable for craft brands, heritage businesses, and editorial work celebrating design history. St Martin's retro character evokes mid-century signage and vintage packaging, adding authentic historical flavor to contemporary applications. The decorative elements remain functional enough for headline use while clearly signaling nostalgic intent. Particularly suited for artisanal food products, vintage clothing retailers, and entertainment venues cultivating throwback atmospheres. Use primarily for display contexts where its unique character can shine. Pairs well with clean contemporary faces for vintage-modern contrast.

St Martin was crafted by Carl J Kurtz. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, St Martin features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

St Martin is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

St Martin

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of St Martin

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand St Martin's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies St Martin within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 91). St Martin delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Carl J Kurtz. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About St Martin

St Martin embodies the Lineal typeface, grounded in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements. TypeSmith features St Martin in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
5 curated pairings for St Martin
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

91
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for St Martin

St Martin scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: St Martin

St Martin draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

St Martin in Context: Readability

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for St Martin

St Martin provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

St Martin Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting St Martin. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test St Martin at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

How to Use St Martin Effectively

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for St Martin. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve St Martin in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

St Martin Language Coverage

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

This font encodes 349 glyphs covering Latin. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

St Martin Licensing

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

St Martin is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes St Martin ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.