Serif Flared Tola 9 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, branding, posters, book covers, confident, traditional, stately, friendly, headline impact, classic tone, warm authority, strong readability, bracketed, flared, soft serif, rounded joins, generous counters.
A robust serif with broad proportions and low stroke contrast, featuring flared, bracketed serifs that taper smoothly into the stems. Curves are full and rounded with generous internal counters, while joins and terminals keep a slightly softened, carved feel rather than razor-sharp endings. The uppercase has a stable, monument-like stance and wide set, and the lowercase maintains a steady rhythm with a moderate x-height and rounded bowls. Numerals follow the same weight and flare logic, reading solid and even in text.
Best suited for headlines and display settings where its wide stance and strong weight can carry a page. It also fits editorial titling, branding wordmarks, posters, and book-cover typography that benefits from a classic serif voice with a slightly sculpted finish.
The overall tone is confident and traditional, with a warm, approachable seriousness. Its flared detailing adds a subtle hand-crafted, engraved character that feels classic rather than mechanistic, making it suited to authoritative but personable typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a traditional serif impression with extra visual mass and presence, using flared, bracketed serifs and rounded construction to keep the texture warm and readable in larger sizes.
In the sample text, the heavy color and wide letterforms create strong headline presence, while the smooth bracketing and open shapes help prevent the texture from becoming overly brittle. The design favors bold, continuous word shapes and a steady baseline rhythm over delicate detailing.