Serif Normal Etmaj 2 is a light, normal width, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: fashion titles, magazine headers, book covers, pull quotes, branding, elegant, fashion, editorial, literary, refined, display elegance, editorial voice, luxury branding, classic italic, hairline serifs, calligraphic, bracketed serifs, ball terminals, swashy.
A high-contrast italic serif with pronounced thick–thin modulation and tapered, hairline finishing strokes. Serifs are fine and often sharply pointed or lightly bracketed, giving stems a crisp, engraved feel. The italic construction is fluid and calligraphic, with long entry/exit strokes and occasional swash-like gestures, especially in capitals and the numerals. Proportions skew toward narrow-to-moderate letterforms with lively width variation, and round characters show a strong diagonal stress consistent with a traditional italic model.
Best suited to display settings where its hairlines and contrast can breathe—magazine and fashion headlines, book-cover titling, brand wordmarks, and elegant invitations. It can also work for short editorial passages or pull quotes at comfortable sizes with sufficient line spacing to preserve its delicate details.
The overall tone is polished and expressive, balancing luxury-editorial sophistication with a classical, literary sensibility. Its sharp hairlines and poised slant read as formal and stylish rather than utilitarian, lending a distinctly high-end voice to headlines and pull quotes.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic, high-fashion italic voice with dramatic contrast and sharp finishing, emphasizing sophistication and motion for prominent typographic moments. Its detailing and rhythmic slant suggest a focus on expressive display typography rather than dense, small-size text.
Capitals feature dramatic, needle-like terminals (notably on A, W, X, and Y), while the lowercase shows italic traditions such as a single-storey a and a looped g. Numerals are similarly stylized with angled tops and tapered finishes, maintaining the same refined rhythm and sparkle at display sizes.