Serif Normal Syrap 11 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, literary titles, pull quotes, classic, literary, formal, refined, readability, classic tone, italic emphasis, editorial voice, bracketed, calligraphic, oldstyle, wedge serifs, flared strokes.
A slanted serif with moderate stroke modulation and a distinctly calligraphic construction. Serifs are bracketed and often wedge-like, with tapered terminals that give strokes a lively, slightly elastic finish. Round letters show an oblique stress and open counters, while joins and curves feel smoothly modeled rather than rigidly geometric. Proportions run on the broad side with generous sidebearings, creating an airy rhythm and comfortable word shapes in continuous text.
Well suited to long-form reading in books and editorial layouts where an italic serif with strong personality is desirable. It also works effectively for literary titles, subtitles, and pull quotes that need emphasis without departing from a classic text tradition.
The tone is traditional and bookish, with a cultivated, editorial voice. Its italic energy reads confident and slightly dramatic, lending an expressive, rhetorical quality while still feeling grounded and conventional for reading.
The design appears intended to provide a conventional text-serif foundation with a more expressive italic voice, combining readable proportions with calligraphic detailing for an elegant, editorial texture.
Capitals carry a stately presence with crisp, angled entry strokes and pronounced serif wedges, while the lowercase maintains a steady texture and clear differentiation between forms. Numerals appear similarly slanted and stylistically integrated, with oldstyle-like curvature and tapered terminals that keep them from feeling purely mechanical.