Serif Normal Pomub 4 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, packaging, posters, branding, authoritative, traditional, stately, robust, impactful classic, heritage tone, dense color, editorial emphasis, bracketed, oldstyle, calligraphic, warm, ink-trap.
A very heavy text serif with pronounced thick–thin modulation and strongly bracketed, wedge-like serifs. Strokes show a subtly calligraphic, oldstyle construction: round letters are softly squared in places, counters are compact, and terminals often flare into tapered wedges rather than blunt cuts. The lowercase has sturdy, rounded forms with a two-storey “a,” a single-storey “g,” and a ball-like dot on “i/j,” while ascenders are tall and firm. Numerals and capitals carry the same dense color and sculpted serif treatment, producing a consistent, ink-rich rhythm in both isolated glyphs and paragraph text.
Best suited to headlines, deck copy, and short editorial passages where a bold, classic serif voice is desired. It can work well for packaging, heritage branding, and event or poster typography that benefits from a strong, traditional presence and high visual impact.
The overall tone is confident and traditional, with a slightly historic, bookish flavor. Its dense weight and sculpted serifs lend an authoritative, institutional feel, while the oldstyle curves keep it warmer and less mechanical than a purely modern display serif.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic book-serif sensibility at a much heavier weight, preserving oldstyle warmth while maximizing presence. Its bracketed serifs, tapered terminals, and compact counters suggest a focus on impactful reading and a confident, established tone rather than delicate refinement.
In text settings the face creates a strong, dark typographic color with tight-looking internal space, so it reads as emphatic and compact even at larger sizes. The serifs and terminals are assertive and help maintain clarity in busy letterforms such as S, a, e, and s.