Serif Normal Legum 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, book typography, editorial, posters, packaging, traditional, scholarly, authoritative, formal, readable impact, classic tone, editorial voice, strong texture, bracketed, oldstyle, robust, crisp, sturdy.
A sturdy serif with pronounced bracketed serifs and a compact, confident silhouette. Strokes show moderate contrast with thickened verticals and rounded transitions, giving counters a slightly oldstyle warmth while keeping edges crisp. The lowercase is compact with short-to-moderate ascenders and descenders, and the punctuation and figures read as solid, weighty companions to the letters. Overall spacing feels stable and bookish, with a deliberate rhythm that favors strong word shapes over airy delicacy.
Well suited to headlines, subheads, and short blocks of text where a strong serif texture is wanted. It can work effectively in editorial layouts, book titling, posters, and packaging that benefits from a classic, authoritative tone and high visual impact.
The tone is traditional and authoritative, evoking printed editorial typography and academic seriousness. Its robust weight and assertive serifs give it a confident, institutional voice that feels dependable rather than decorative.
The font appears designed to deliver a conventional, dependable serif voice with added weight for emphasis, pairing classic proportions and bracketed serifs with a robust overall color for confident typographic statements.
The design’s heft and bracketed terminals help maintain clarity at larger text and display sizes, while the slightly rounded joins keep it from feeling overly sharp or mechanical. Numerals and capitals carry the same sturdy presence, supporting settings where a strong typographic color is desirable.