Serif Other Ekby 2 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, branding, packaging, dramatic, editorial, theatrical, vintage, ornamental, display impact, ornamental detail, vintage mood, brand distinctiveness, headline drama, flared, wedge serif, ink-trap, cut-in, sculpted.
A decorative serif with sculpted, wedge-like terminals and pronounced cut-ins that create a carved, stencil-like rhythm through many bowls and joins. Strokes show sharp contrast between thick verticals and thin connections, with crisp, angular transitions and tapered points. Counters are often pinched or segmented by triangular notches, giving letters a faceted, slightly fragmented silhouette while maintaining a consistent, upright structure. The overall texture is bold and graphic, with attention-grabbing shapes that favor display sizes over continuous reading.
Best suited for headlines, titles, and short statements where its carved details can read clearly. It works well for posters, book or album covers, branding marks, and packaging that benefit from a dramatic, ornamental serif voice.
The tone is assertive and theatrical, mixing classic serif formality with a sly, ornamental twist. Its cut-in details and sharp terminals evoke vintage editorial headlines and poster typography, adding drama and a slightly mysterious, stylized presence.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a traditional serif foundation into a more decorative display style, using cut-in notches and tapered wedges to increase visual punch and create a distinctive, memorable texture in large-scale typography.
The distinctive internal notches and segmented bowls produce a lively, high-impact word shape, especially in round letters and diagonals. Numerals share the same carved contrast and pointed terminals, keeping the set cohesive in titling contexts.