Serif Contrasted Ebva 2 is a very light, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, invitations, posters, packaging, branding, elegant, whimsical, vintage, delicate, bookish, decorative serif, inline effect, vintage tone, display emphasis, hairline, inline, high-waisted, ornamental, refined.
A delicate serif with extremely thin, hairline-like strokes and an inline/striped construction that reads as a narrow double-line skeleton rather than a filled stroke. Proportions are tall and slender with long ascenders and descenders, a compact x-height, and generally restrained widths that keep words airy and vertical. Serifs are fine and crisp, with minimal bracketing, and curves are smooth and controlled; several glyphs show gentle calligraphic tendencies in terminals and bowls while maintaining an overall upright stance. Numerals follow the same light, ornamental logic, with open, elegant curves and consistent inline detailing.
Best suited to display settings where its hairline, inline detailing can be appreciated: headlines, short paragraphs of pull quotes, invitations, and boutique branding. It can work for packaging and labels when printed cleanly and sized generously, but it is most effective when used sparingly for emphasis rather than long-form body copy.
The font conveys a refined, vintage display mood—equal parts genteel and slightly playful. Its airy construction and decorative inline effect evoke classic shopfront lettering, invitations, and editorial titling rather than utilitarian text typography.
The design appears intended to deliver an elegant, ornamented serif voice through a minimal, inline construction—prioritizing distinctive texture and a vintage editorial feel over dense readability. It aims to provide a recognizable signature in titles and wordmarks while staying structurally classical in its serif letterforms.
In the text sample, the inline structure remains clear at display sizes and gives a distinctive striped rhythm across words, especially in vertical stems. The thin construction and compact lowercase make spacing and line breaks feel light and tall, with prominent ascenders/descenders shaping the texture of paragraphs.