Serif Normal Ihrak 4 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, literature, academic, magazines, classic, literary, formal, authoritative, scholarly, readability, tradition, editorial tone, text economy, literary voice, bracketed serifs, oldstyle figures, texty, bookish, calligraphic.
This is a conventional text serif with bracketed wedge serifs and a moderately calligraphic stroke modulation. Proportions feel slightly condensed and vertical, with a tall x-height and sturdy stems that keep counters open and readable. Curves are smooth and fairly round (not geometric), and joins are clean and consistent, producing an even paragraph color. The lowercase shows traditional details such as a double-storey “a” and “g,” and the numerals include oldstyle figures with clear ascenders/descenders that blend naturally into running text.
Well-suited to book interiors, essays, and magazine or newspaper-style editorial layouts where a familiar, comfortable serif texture is desired. It can also work for institutional communications, reports, and heritage-leaning branding that needs a credible, traditional voice without becoming overly ornate.
The overall tone is traditional and bookish, leaning toward editorial seriousness rather than display theatrics. It reads as confident and academic, with a quietly refined, historical flavor suitable for long-form reading.
The design appears intended as a dependable, readable serif for sustained text, combining familiar transitional/oldstyle cues with a relatively tall x-height for clarity at typical reading sizes. Details like bracketed serifs and oldstyle numerals support an editorial, literary setting where typographic tradition is part of the message.
Serifs are prominent but not heavy, and their bracketing softens the edges for comfortable continuous text. The italic is not shown; the sample suggests the roman is optimized for steady rhythm, with clear differentiation between similar forms (e.g., I/J and O/Q) and a slightly old-world texture driven by the oldstyle numerals.