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About Ocean Pilot Chart

The Ocean Pilot Chart is the language of the open sea rendered as data. For a century the US Navy Hydrographic Office distilled millions of ship-log entries into single monthly sheets: blue wind roses bristling with feathered arms, green current arrows curving across a Mercator ocean, isogonic lines and statistical boxes packed into every degree of latitude.

This system carries that discipline into the screen. It is built on ocean blue and warm chart buff, on layered tints and fine line-work, on the conviction that beauty in a chart comes from accuracy. Every surface reads like a working navigational document — measured, dense, and quietly authoritative.

Learn more about the Ocean Pilot Chart style

Origin
Washington, D.C., United States
Era
1900–1950 (mature pilot-chart series; Maury origin 1840s)
Key figures
Matthew Fontaine Maury · US Navy Hydrographic Office
Movements
maritime climatology · statistical cartography · hydrography

Ocean Pilot Chart design spec

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Typography

IBM Plex SerifHeadings
Libre FranklinBody
Roboto CondensedMono
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