I released Maychurch on May 6, 2005. The idea came from a mix of architectural influence and typographic rationalization. I wanted it to function as a display face for projects with a formal or architectural theme. The capitals were based on Marion, with construction lines overlaid to give the appearance of a drafting diagram. Those lines weren’t ornamental; they were meant to mimic the long tradition of attempts to rationalize Roman capitals with geometry.

The faux construction look connects Maychurch to a lineage of theorists such as Albrecht Dürer in his 1525 Unterweisung der Messung, Geoffroy Tory’s Champ Fleury in 1529, and even earlier efforts like Felice Feliciano’s 1463 Alphabetum Romanum. These systems were not true design methods but reconstructions, often forcing letterforms into geometric compromises. I think of them as a kind of typographic alchemy—an attempt to impose order on forms that were historically developed by hand and eye rather than compass and rule.

On May 25, 2021, I updated Maychurch to improve technical compatibility. That revision involved removing deprecated characters, adjusting vertical metrics for cross-browser consistency, and refining outlines to correct curve errors that caused issues in some applications. The typeface remains a paid release.