Serif Flared Egso 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, mastheads, packaging, book covers, victorian, poster, editorial, theatrical, historic, space-saving impact, classic authority, display drama, heritage tone, flared terminals, tapered joins, beaked serifs, bracketed serifs, high-waisted.
A condensed serif with sturdy verticals and subtly sculpted stroke endings that flare into small, beaked serifs. Curves are tightly controlled and slightly pinched at joins, giving bowls and shoulders a crisp, chiseled feeling. The overall rhythm is vertical and compact, with narrow counters and a firm baseline presence; diagonals (as in V, W, X) remain weighty and stable rather than spindly. Lowercase forms show a traditional structure with compact apertures and short ascenders/descenders relative to the tall caps, producing a strong headline silhouette.
Best suited to display settings where a condensed, high-impact serif is needed—headlines, mastheads, posters, and cover typography. It can also work well on packaging or labels that benefit from a traditional, authoritative voice, especially when space is tight but presence is required.
The font reads as assertive and classic, with a distinctly old-style display flavor—part nineteenth-century poster, part newspaper headline. Its narrow build and flared endings create a dramatic, formal tone that feels authoritative and slightly theatrical.
Likely designed to deliver maximum impact in a narrow measure by combining heavy vertical emphasis with flared terminals for character and historical resonance. The consistent, sculpted forms suggest an intention to evoke classic display typography while maintaining clear, sturdy silhouettes for prominent sizes.
Wide, flat-topped/flat-footed serifs are avoided in favor of tapered, flaring terminals that add motion to the stroke endings. The numerals match the condensed, heavy setting and keep a consistent, signage-like firmness, helping mixed alphanumeric lines hold together at large sizes.