Serif Normal Anbak 2 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, magazine, packaging, branding, posters, editorial, fashion, dramatic, classic, refined, display impact, luxury tone, editorial voice, calligraphic flair, bracketed, calligraphic, wedge serif, swashy, sculptural.
This is a sharply slanted serif with pronounced thick–thin modulation and a distinctly calligraphic, cut-pen feel. Serifs are wedge-like and often softly bracketed, with many strokes ending in tapered, blade-shaped terminals that accentuate directionality. Counters are compact and curves are tightly controlled, giving the letterforms a dense, sculpted texture; joins and transitions show crisp stress and occasional teardrop-like finishing. The rhythm is energetic and irregular in a deliberate way, with notable glyph-to-glyph width variation and distinctive, sometimes swashy shapes (especially in lowercases and a few numerals) that read strongly at display sizes.
Best suited to editorial headlines, magazine covers, fashion and beauty branding, premium packaging, and poster typography where contrast and movement are assets. It can work for short subheads or pull quotes, but its distinctive forms and dense texture make it less appropriate for long-form, small-size reading.
The overall tone is high-style and theatrical, mixing classic bookish cues with a fashion-forward, headline-driven attitude. Its sharp stress, assertive slant, and dramatic terminals convey luxury, intensity, and a slightly flamboyant sophistication rather than quiet neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif foundation infused with contemporary drama—leveraging steep italic posture, sharp stress, and sculpted terminals to create a memorable, high-impact voice for display typography.
Uppercase forms present a traditional backbone but are stylized with angled entry/exit cuts and compact apertures, while the lowercase introduces more idiosyncratic gestures and pronounced terminal curls. Numerals follow the same expressive logic, with strong diagonals and tapered finishing that keeps the set visually cohesive in text and titling.