Serif Normal Ifboh 4 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, longform, magazines, academic, classic, literary, formal, refined, traditional, text reading, editorial tone, classic styling, print tradition, bracketed, crisp, sharp, calligraphic, bookish.
This serif typeface shows a restrained, text-oriented build with bracketed serifs and a steady vertical stress. Strokes are relatively slender with clear modulation, and terminals finish crisply, giving the letters a clean, engraved feel. Proportions run on the compact side with tight sidebearings, while counters remain open enough to keep the rhythm readable in paragraph settings. The italic is not shown; overall the roman maintains a disciplined, conventional structure across caps, lowercase, and figures.
It suits book typography, magazine and newspaper-style editorial layouts, and other long-form reading contexts where a familiar serif texture is desirable. It can also work for formal communications—reports, programs, and institutional materials—especially at text and subhead sizes where its crisp detailing remains legible.
The overall tone is classic and literary, with a formal, editorial voice rather than a decorative one. Its crisp serifs and measured contrast suggest seriousness and care, evoking traditional publishing and institutional typography.
The design appears intended as a conventional, high-readability serif for continuous text, prioritizing an even typographic color and traditional letterforms over display eccentricity.
The caps read stately and slightly condensed, while the lowercase keeps a calm, even texture in text. Numerals appear lining and similarly restrained, matching the roman’s straight-ahead, print-minded character.