Serif Contrasted Yeba 14 is a very bold, very wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, branding, packaging, dramatic, editorial, theatrical, formal, vintage, impact, drama, editorial voice, classic revival, display emphasis, sculpted, swashy, bracketless, ball terminals, calligraphic.
A heavy, high‑contrast serif with an upright, slightly calligraphic construction and pronounced modulation between thick stems and hairline joins. Serifs are sharp and tapered rather than blocky, with frequent spur-like terminals and small wedge flicks that give strokes a cut, chiseled finish. Counters are compact and forms feel tightly packed, producing a dark page color and a strongly graphic rhythm in text. Round letters show vertical stress and occasional ball-like finishing on terminals, while diagonals and cross-strokes often taper into fine points.
Best suited to large-scale typography where the high contrast and sharp terminals can be appreciated—editorial headlines, posters, book and album covers, and bold brand marks. It can also work for packaging or signage that benefits from a vintage, high-impact serif look, especially when given generous size and spacing.
The overall tone is bold and theatrical, combining a classic, old-style flavor with an attention-grabbing display presence. It reads as vintage and editorial—more poster and headline than quiet body text—yet still carries a formal, bookish seriousness through its serifed structure and vertical stress.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through a dark, dense silhouette while retaining a refined, high-contrast serif vocabulary. Its swashy, tapered terminals and vertical-stress modulation suggest a display face aimed at dramatic, attention-forward typography with a classic editorial character.
In the sample text, the dense weight and sharp detailing create strong texture at larger sizes, while the tight counters and thin interior joins can visually fill in when set smaller or on low-contrast backgrounds. Figures and capitals match the same sculpted, high-contrast logic, supporting punchy numerals and emphatic all-caps settings.