Serif Other Ihpu 2 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, logotypes, packaging, old-world, dramatic, expressive, ornate, swashbuckling, decorative display, vintage flavor, dramatic tone, title emphasis, bracketed, flared, calligraphic, ink-trap-like, wedge terminals.
A slanted serif design with lively, calligraphic construction and pronounced, wedge-like serifs. Strokes swell and taper with a brush- or pen-like rhythm, producing sharp points at terminals and occasional concave notches that read like ink-trap cut-ins. Curves are round and full (notably in O, Q, and lower-case bowls), while many joins and feet flare outward, giving the letters a carved, sculptural feel. Spacing and sidebearings feel intentionally uneven across glyphs, reinforcing an animated, display-forward texture rather than a strictly uniform text face.
Best suited to display settings where its energetic serif shapes can read at size—posters, titles, book covers, game or film branding, and expressive packaging. It can work for short bursts of text such as pull quotes or section headers, but the strong personality and irregular rhythm make it less ideal for extended small-size reading.
The overall tone is theatrical and antique, evoking vintage print, fantasy titles, and storybook narration. Its angled stance and spiky terminals add urgency and motion, while the ornamental serifs lend a slightly gothic, swashbuckling character.
The design appears intended to reinterpret traditional serif forms through a decorative, calligraphy-influenced lens, prioritizing character and motion over neutrality. It aims to deliver an old-world, dramatic voice with sharp terminals and flared serifs that stand out in branding and titling.
Uppercase forms show strong personality in diagonals and terminals (e.g., A, K, R, V, W), with pointed entry/exit strokes that create a jagged sparkle along baselines and caps. Numerals follow the same expressive logic, with curving bowls and angled, pointed terminals that keep the set visually cohesive.