Serif Normal Yifi 3 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, academic, reports, literary, classic, formal, scholarly, text readability, editorial tone, traditional formality, typographic neutrality, bracketed, refined, crisp, bookish, calligraphic.
A refined text serif with bracketed, sharply finished serifs and moderate stroke modulation. The letterforms show a steady, book-oriented rhythm with open counters and carefully tapered terminals, giving lines of text a clean, even texture. Proportions lean traditional, with clearly differentiated thick and thin strokes, a slightly calligraphic joining logic in curves, and balanced spacing that supports comfortable paragraph setting. Numerals and capitals appear measured and reserved, matching the lowercase’s understated detailing.
Well suited to books, essays, and other long-form editorial typography where a traditional serif texture is desired. It also fits academic and institutional documents, reports, and refined branding applications that benefit from a conservative, highly legible text face.
The overall tone feels classic and literary, with a calm authority suited to long-form reading. Its crisp serifs and restrained contrast suggest a cultivated, editorial voice rather than a decorative one, conveying formality and trustworthiness.
The design appears intended as a conventional, dependable text serif: legible in continuous reading, typographically familiar, and detailed enough to feel polished without drawing attention away from the content.
In the sample text, the font maintains stable color across mixed-case passages and punctuation, with distinctive, well-defined terminals that help character recognition. The shapes read as traditional rather than geometric, favoring humanist curves and subtle tapering to avoid harshness at text sizes.