While stylistically born in the hot metal typesetting period, Marfa was designed in a high-speed era of no time to lose: Its uprights were drawn in under 1,000 hours and its hot-headed Italics in less than half of that. Initially known as Gothic No. 6, drawn by Fabian Harb in homage to early American gothic typefaces. In the years since, designer Seb McLauchlan from Dinamo's London satellite helped extend the font into a full family with corresponding Italics and a Mono counterpart. The family now consists of 28 styles, including small caps and old style figures — just how printers and designers in the late 19th Century liked it.