Serif Contrasted Peli 10 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, book covers, posters, packaging, vintage, bookish, formal, classic, stately, heritage feel, display emphasis, classic readability, editorial tone, ball terminals, flared serifs, tight apertures, rounded joins, tall ascenders.
A compact serif with a pronounced vertical rhythm and strong thick–thin modulation. Stems are weighty while curves and joins tighten into finer transitions, giving the letters a carved, slightly calligraphic feel. Serifs are small and flared rather than slabby, with softly rounded terminals and occasional ball-like endings on lower-case forms. Counters are relatively tight and apertures are modest, producing a dense, dark texture; the face also shows noticeable per-glyph width variation, with wide capitals like W and narrow forms like I and J creating a lively, uneven measure in setting.
Best suited to headlines, subheads, and short to medium passages where a dense, classic texture is desirable—such as book and magazine design, historical or literary branding, posters, and packaging that benefits from a vintage tone. It can work for text at comfortable sizes, but its tight apertures and dark color favor print-like settings and layouts with adequate size and leading.
The font reads as classic and old-world, with a bookish, slightly theatrical authority. Its dark color and ornamental terminals suggest heritage printing and editorial gravitas rather than minimal modernism.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional serif typography with a more emphatic, display-leaning color: a compact, high-modulation structure paired with flared serifs and rounded terminals to create a distinctive, heritage-forward voice.
The sample text shows strong word-shape and an emphatic paragraph color, with distinctive figures that keep the same serifed, high-modulation character as the letters. Uppercase has a sturdy, poster-like presence, while lowercase retains a traditional, readable skeleton but with decorative terminal behavior that makes it feel more characterful than strictly utilitarian.