Serif Flared Lemo 3 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, book covers, magazine titles, branding, elegant, classic, confident, formal, premium tone, classic revival, display impact, editorial clarity, bracketed serifs, crisp, calligraphic, bookish, stately.
This typeface shows a high-contrast serif structure with pronounced thick–thin modulation and sharp, tapered terminals. Serifs are bracketed and often feel slightly flared, with stems that broaden into decisive stroke endings rather than staying purely uniform. Capitals are wide and steady with generous internal space, while lowercase forms keep a traditional, readable rhythm and moderate x-height. Curves are smooth and polished, joins are controlled, and the overall color on the page is bold and commanding at display sizes.
It performs best in headlines and large text where its contrast and flared serif detailing can be appreciated. The style is well suited to editorial design, book and magazine titling, cultural institutions, and brand identities that aim for a classic yet contemporary sophistication.
The overall tone is refined and authoritative, evoking classic print typography with a modern, polished crispness. It reads as premium and composed, suited to contexts that benefit from a sense of tradition, taste, and gravity.
The design appears intended to blend classical serif proportions with expressive stroke endings and strong contrast, creating a face that feels traditional in construction but more emphatic and stylized in its terminals. The goal seems to be a display-forward serif that still retains clear, literary readability.
The numerals follow the same high-contrast, serifed logic and appear designed to sit comfortably alongside the text, with clear forms and strong vertical emphasis. In the sample text, the type holds its shape well at large sizes, with dramatic contrast and terminals that create a lively, slightly calligraphic sparkle.