Serif Normal Gehi 7 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: editorial, book display, magazines, pull quotes, packaging, classic, refined, literary, formal, typographic emphasis, elegant display, traditional tone, bracketed, calligraphic, crisp, tapered, high-waisted.
A high-contrast italic serif with sharply tapered hairlines and swelling curves, giving the letters a lively, engraved rhythm. Serifs are fine and mostly bracketed, with crisp terminals and a consistent rightward slant that reads as deliberate rather than cursive. Proportions feel traditionally text-oriented: moderate x-height, compact apertures, and elegant oval forms, while capitals show a slightly expansive, display-like presence. Numerals follow the same calligraphic stress, with slender diagonals and pronounced thick–thin transitions that create sparkle at larger sizes.
Well-suited to editorial typography such as magazine features, book titling, chapter openers, and pull quotes where an expressive italic is desirable. It can also work for premium branding and packaging applications that benefit from refined contrast and traditional serif formality.
The overall tone is classic and cultivated, with a distinctly literary, editorial voice. Its energetic italic movement and bright contrast suggest sophistication and ceremony rather than neutrality, lending text a polished, slightly theatrical confidence.
The design appears intended to deliver a conventional serif reading voice with an elevated, italic emphasis—combining traditional proportions with pronounced contrast to create a poised, attention-grabbing texture for highlighted passages and display settings.
In the sample text, the dense contrast produces strong texture and pronounced word shapes, especially in capitals and round letters. At smaller settings, the finest hairlines and delicate joins may visually recede, while at medium to large sizes the design’s sharpness and rhythm become a key feature.