Serif Contrasted Ofky 7 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, mastheads, book covers, branding, gothic, editorial, ornate, dramatic, authoritative, historic flair, dramatic display, engraved look, strong texture, formal tone, blackletter-tinged, beveled, engraved, angular, sharp serifs.
A display serif with pronounced vertical emphasis and crisp, angular construction. Strokes alternate between weighty stems and narrow connecting strokes, with hard transitions and minimal curvature in many joins. Serifs are sharp and tapered, and many bowls and rounds are rendered as faceted, chamfered shapes rather than smooth curves, giving counters a geometric, cut-in feel. Capitals are tall and commanding, while lowercase forms keep a compact, steady x-height and echo the same clipped terminals and notched details; the overall rhythm is tight and strongly articulated.
Best suited for headlines, mastheads, book and album covers, posters, and brand marks that need a strong historic or ceremonial voice. It can work well for short editorial titles and pull quotes where texture and presence are more important than long-form readability, and it pairs effectively with quieter body text for contrast.
The font projects a historic, ceremonial tone with a hint of blackletter influence, combining severity and ornament in a way that feels authoritative and theatrical. Its sharp facets and high drama read as formal and assertive, evoking tradition, proclamation, and a crafted, old-world sensibility rather than casual modernity.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, traditionally rooted display serif with engraved, faceted forms and a blackletter-adjacent flavor. Its consistent use of chamfered curves and sharp terminals suggests a focus on dramatic texture and a crafted, print-era feel for prominent typographic moments.
The numerals follow the same chiseled, octagonal rounding and hard corners, which keeps mixed alphanumeric settings visually consistent. In text samples, the dense texture and frequent angular terminals create a dark, patterned color that favors larger sizes and short bursts of copy over extended reading.