Serif Contrasted Upwe 9 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, magazines, branding, packaging, posters, fashion, editorial, luxury, dramatic, classic, editorial impact, luxury signaling, classic revival, display focus, hairline serifs, sharp terminals, vertical stress, elegant, crisp.
This serif is built around strong verticals and hairline horizontals, producing a crisp, high-contrast texture. Serifs are fine and pointed with minimal bracketing, and many joins resolve into sharp, wedge-like terminals that emphasize a clean, cut-paper silhouette. Round letters show a clear vertical stress and tight, polished curves, while diagonals in forms like V, W, and X read sleek and tensile. Overall spacing and rhythm feel refined and slightly stylized, with a noticeable mix of broad and narrow letterforms that adds sparkle in display settings.
Best suited to display typography such as magazine headlines, fashion and lifestyle branding, premium packaging, and large-format posters. It can work for short blocks of text at comfortable sizes, but the hairline strokes and sharp details are most effective when given enough scale and print or high-resolution rendering.
The tone is refined and high-end, with a dramatic, fashion-forward snap created by the extreme contrast and needle-thin details. It feels poised and formal, suited to settings where sophistication and visual punch are more important than neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a contemporary take on a classic high-contrast serif: elegant, assertive, and visually crisp, with stylized terminals and a polished rhythm optimized for impactful display composition.
In the text sample the thin hairlines and small interior details can begin to soften at smaller sizes, while at larger sizes the sharp serifs and tapered joins become a defining feature. Numerals follow the same high-contrast logic, keeping a consistent, editorial look across mixed-case and figures.