Serif Other Fiso 9 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, magazine covers, branding, logotypes, editorial, fashion, dramatic, elegant, modernist, display impact, stylized elegance, stencil detailing, editorial voice, brand distinctiveness, flared, wedge serif, high-contrast feel, chiselled, crisp.
A decorative serif with sharply flared, wedge-like terminals and frequent stencil-like breaks that carve the strokes into bold, geometric fragments. Curves are drawn with strong, clean arcs and abrupt cut-ins, producing teardrop counters and pointed join behavior in places where traditional serifs would be continuous. The overall color is dark and punchy, with crisp edges and a consistent system of notches and diagonal cuts across both uppercase and lowercase. Numerals follow the same cut-and-splice logic, giving round forms a segmented, sculpted look and lending straight forms a blade-like finish.
Best suited to display typography where the carved details can read clearly: headlines, magazine and fashion editorial, posters, and brand identities. It can work for short text passages in larger sizes when a strong, stylized voice is desired, but its signature breaks and sharp terminals make it especially effective for titles, pull quotes, and logo-like wordmarks.
The font projects a poised, high-fashion attitude with a theatrical edge. Its sliced details and sharp terminals add tension and sophistication, balancing elegance with a slightly rebellious, poster-ready character. The result feels curated and modern, with a hint of Art Deco glamour filtered through contemporary stencil aesthetics.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a classic serif framework with a systematic, stencil-informed reduction—turning familiar letterforms into sculpted, graphic shapes. By combining flared serifs with deliberate voids and cut-ins, it aims to deliver a distinctive, premium display voice that stands apart from conventional text serifs.
The stencil breaks are integrated as a core design motif rather than occasional decoration, so words develop a distinctive rhythm of openings and closures along the baseline and in bowls. Round letters (like O, C, G, Q, and o) show pronounced internal cutaways that create lively negative shapes, while diagonals (V, W, X, Y) emphasize sharp, crystalline intersections. The texture remains consistent in running text, but the distinctive cuts become most prominent at display sizes.