Serif Normal Obgay 10 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, headlines, literary branding, classic, literary, formal, refined, traditional reading, editorial elegance, classical tone, bracketed, hairline, calligraphic, crisp, tapered.
A high-contrast serif with sharp, tapered hairlines and sturdy vertical stems. Serifs are bracketed and neatly cut, producing a crisp, traditionally bookish rhythm. The capitals feel stately and slightly narrow with controlled proportions, while the lowercase shows clear modulation and compact joins; the two-storey “g” and the ear on “g” add a distinctly traditional texture. Numerals follow the same contrast and serif treatment, with open shapes and clear differentiation.
Well-suited to book typography, long-form editorial, and magazine layouts where a traditional serif voice is desired. It also performs convincingly in headings, pull quotes, and refined branding applications that benefit from high-contrast elegance.
The overall tone is classical and composed, with an editorial seriousness suited to established, literary contexts. Its crisp contrast and disciplined detailing project refinement and authority rather than warmth or playfulness.
The design appears intended to deliver a conventional, literature-forward serif with pronounced stroke modulation and crisp finishing, balancing readable proportions with a more elegant, high-contrast sparkle for editorial settings.
In the sample text, the strong contrast creates a lively sparkle at display and subhead sizes, while the thin horizontals and hairlines read more delicate as size drops. Round letters maintain a stable, upright stance, and diagonals (V, W, X, Y) are clean and symmetrical, reinforcing a polished, conventional voice.