Serif Normal Kolan 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, headlines, print branding, classic, formal, literary, refined, text reading, classic tone, editorial clarity, bracketed, crisp, sharp, sculpted, oldstyle figures.
A high-contrast serif with crisp, bracketed serifs and a restrained, traditional construction. Strokes show clear thick–thin modulation with sharply tapered joins, and the curves are smooth and open, giving counters a clean, readable shape. Capitals feel stately and well-proportioned, while lowercase forms maintain a steady rhythm; the two-story a and g and the compact, tidy terminals reinforce a conventional text-seriffed voice. Numerals appear as oldstyle figures with ascenders and descenders, blending naturally with lowercase texture.
Well-suited to long-form book and editorial settings where a traditional serif texture is desired, and it also performs effectively for headlines, pull quotes, and refined print branding. The oldstyle numerals make it especially comfortable in running text, captions, and contexts where figures should harmonize with lowercase.
The overall tone is classic and bookish, with a formal, editorial polish. Its sharp contrasts and refined serifs lend it an authoritative, cultured character suited to traditional typography.
The font appears intended to deliver a conventional, high-contrast reading experience with a classical typographic voice, prioritizing elegance and familiar forms for editorial and literary use.
The design maintains a consistent vertical stress and a measured texture that reads confidently at display and text sizes, with punctuation and diacritics (where visible) matching the crisp serif treatment.