Serif Flared Totu 2 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Copperplate EF' by Elsner+Flake, 'Copperplate SB' and 'Copperplate SH' by Scangraphic Digital Type Collection, and 'Copperplate' by URW Type Foundry (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, titles, logos, dramatic, gothic, theatrical, retro, distinctive branding, thematic display, attention capture, retro drama, flared terminals, spiky serifs, ink-trap like, high impact, display oriented.
A heavy, compact serif with pronounced flared endings and sharp, wedge-like spurs that create a star-point silhouette at many stroke terminals. The strokes stay largely even in thickness, with only subtle swelling into the flares, giving the design a dense, poster-friendly color. Curves are broad and rounded (notably in O, C, and G), while joins and corners frequently sharpen into pointed nicks that read like small ink-trap cuts. Uppercase forms feel sturdy and wide-set with strong horizontals; lowercase maintains a steady rhythm with a single-storey a and g and short, stout ascenders and descenders that keep lines visually tight.
Best suited for display use where its spiked, flared details can be appreciated—such as posters, headlines, title sequences, packaging, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short pulls or thematic branding lines, but the strong terminal texture may feel busy in long passages or small sizes.
The overall tone is assertive and slightly sinister, mixing medieval/blackletter cues with a modern, graphic cleanliness. Its pointed terminals and dramatic silhouettes give it a ceremonial, fantasy-leaning character that feels bold and attention-grabbing rather than literary or understated.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display serif with a distinctive flared-terminal signature—combining readable, rounded skeletons with dramatic, pointed finishing to create immediate personality and impact.
The distinctive terminal treatment appears consistently across caps, lowercase, and numerals, producing a textured edge along word shapes, especially in mixed-case settings. Numerals are robust and rounded, matching the heavyweight texture and maintaining the same flared, pointed finishing details.