Serif Flared Uplag 13 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, longform, branding, classic, literary, formal, refined, warm, readability, text tone, heritage feel, editorial voice, bracketed, flared terminals, calligraphic, oldstyle, open counters.
A serif text face with gently flared stroke endings and softly bracketed serifs that broaden out from the stems rather than ending in blunt slabs. The contrast is moderate, with subtly tapered joins and a slightly calligraphic modulation that keeps the color lively without becoming sharp or delicate. Proportions feel generous and readable: uppercase forms are steady and wide-set, while the lowercase shows a tall x-height with open apertures and rounded bowls. Curves are smooth and continuous, and terminals often finish with a small wedge-like swell, giving the design a distinctive, sculpted rhythm.
Well-suited to book typography, editorial layouts, and magazine text where a comfortable reading rhythm and classical tone are desired. It can also serve for sophisticated branding, cultural institutions, and packaging or titling that benefits from traditional serif presence without extreme contrast.
The overall tone is classic and bookish, with a quiet formality that still feels approachable. Its flared detailing adds a touch of traditional craft, suggesting editorial authority and a timeless, literary character rather than a stark modern voice.
The design appears intended to blend dependable text readability with a historically informed, flared-serif signature. It aims to deliver an even typographic color for paragraphs while letting the widened terminals and bracketed serifs add character and refinement in larger sizes.
Numerals and capitals carry the same tapered, flared logic as the text forms, producing a cohesive texture in mixed settings. The shapes maintain clarity at text sizes while the swelling terminals and bracketed serifs provide enough personality for display use in headlines or titling.