Serif Other Etba 14 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, branding, magazine, posters, fashion, dramatic, luxury, modern classic, distinctiveness, elegance, impact, art-direction, modernization, flared serifs, spiky terminals, sculpted, high-impact, display.
A stylized serif with sculpted, flared terminals and sharp, triangular notches that create a cut-in silhouette across many strokes. Curves are smooth and open, while joins and terminals often taper into crisp points, producing a chiseled, almost stencil-like rhythm without breaking the letterforms apart. Proportions feel generously set with broad capitals and prominent, rounded bowls; spacing reads airy, and the overall texture alternates between solid verticals and carved highlights. Numerals echo the same incisive detailing, with distinctive cutaways and elegant curves.
Best suited to headlines, magazine layouts, and brand moments where the sculpted terminals can be appreciated at larger sizes. It also works well for posters, luxury packaging, and logotypes that benefit from a distinctive, art-directed serif voice.
The tone is high-contrast in attitude rather than extremes of stroke: poised, fashionable, and a bit theatrical. Its carved details and sharp terminals lend a sense of luxury and drama, suggesting contemporary editorial design with a refined, art-directed edge.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a classic serif foundation with decorative cut-ins and flared, pointed terminals, creating a recognizable display texture. It aims to balance elegance and clarity with an added layer of graphic intrigue for contemporary editorial and branding use.
Many glyphs feature intentional negative-space bites at terminals and along stems, giving the face a signature sparkle at large sizes. The sharpness of the detailing makes it feel more at home as a statement face than as a quiet text workhorse, especially where fine points and notches become a defining feature of the rhythm.