Serif Other Ippo 12 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book titles, editorial, posters, branding, invitations, classic, bookish, formal, stately, heritage tone, display emphasis, editorial warmth, decorative refinement, bracketed, oldstyle, calligraphic, flared, sculpted.
This serif shows pronounced stroke contrast with thick, rounded verticals and hairline connecting strokes, producing a strongly modeled, ink-on-paper look. Serifs are bracketed and often slightly flared, with soft terminals and teardrop/ball-like finishing touches in places, giving the forms a sculpted, decorative feel. Proportions are relatively generous with sturdy stems and compact apertures, creating a dark, authoritative texture in text. The lowercase includes traditional, oldstyle-inflected shapes such as a two-storey “a” and a looped “g,” while capitals feel upright and formal with subtly calligraphic stress.
Well-suited to editorial headlines, book and magazine titling, and other situations where a classic serif voice with extra personality is desirable. It can also work for premium branding, packaging, and invitations where a formal tone and rich typographic color are beneficial, especially at medium to large sizes.
The overall tone is traditional and ceremonial, blending literary warmth with a slightly theatrical, vintage personality. Its high-contrast modeling and softened detailing convey elegance and authority, while the playful terminals add character without tipping into novelty.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a traditional high-contrast serif with added softness and decorative terminal treatment, aiming for a distinctive, oldstyle-meets-display voice that remains coherent in text settings.
In running text the rhythm is dense and emphatic, with strong vertical presence and clear thick–thin patterning. Numerals match the serifed, high-contrast construction and read as classic display figures rather than strictly utilitarian signage forms.