Serif Other Tenu 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, mastheads, packaging, signage, gothic, vintage, industrial, authoritative, dramatic, display impact, historical nod, poster legibility, brand character, beveled, octagonal, angular, flared, incised.
A condensed, vertically oriented serif with squared counters, clipped corners, and a distinctly octagonal construction throughout. Strokes are heavy and fairly even, with modest contrast and frequent wedge-like terminals that read as small, flared serifs rather than slabs. Curves are minimized into faceted arcs, giving bowls and rounds a chamfered, machined feel. Spacing is disciplined and rhythmic, producing a strong, columnar texture in text while keeping letterforms crisp and high-impact.
Best suited to display work where its faceted serifs and condensed stance can read clearly: posters, album or event titles, mastheads, labels, and bold signage. It can also work for short brand statements or pull quotes, but its strong texture and tight proportions make it less ideal for long passages at small sizes.
The overall tone is old-world and theatrical, with a blackletter-adjacent presence translated into a cleaner, more geometric idiom. It feels assertive and ceremonial, suggesting headlines that want to project tradition, intensity, and a slightly austere mood.
The design appears intended to evoke historic serif and gothic cues while using a disciplined, geometric, chamfered build to create a bold, modernized display voice. Its narrow set and emphatic terminals prioritize impact and a distinctive silhouette in titles and branding.
The font’s identity is driven by consistent corner-cutting and beveled joins, which makes both uppercase and lowercase appear cohesive and deliberately constructed. Numerals and capitals carry especially strong poster weight, while the lowercase maintains the same faceted logic for legibility at display sizes.