Serif Other Kemi 2 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, editorial, branding, packaging, dramatic, vintage, theatrical, confident, quirky, attention, heritage, expressiveness, distinctiveness, swashy, wedge serif, spurred, ink-trap feel, cutout terminals.
A very heavy, right-leaning serif with sharp wedge-like serifs and pronounced stroke contrast. Many joins and terminals show carved, notched or split details that create a cutout/ink-trap feel, giving the shapes a sculpted, stencil-adjacent character without becoming a true stencil. Proportions are lively and uneven in a deliberate way, with compact counters, energetic curves, and occasional swash-like tails (notably in several lowercase forms and figures). The overall color is dense and rhythmic, with crisp edges and a strong diagonal flow.
Best suited to display settings where its bold presence and distinctive cut-in details can be appreciated—headlines, poster typography, book or magazine titling, brand marks, and packaging. It can work for short editorial callouts and pull quotes, but benefits from generous sizing and spacing to preserve interior detail.
The font reads bold and theatrical, mixing classic italic gravitas with playful, slightly eccentric detailing. Its sharp serifs and sculpted cuts add a sense of drama and motion, suggesting vintage display typography with a touch of showmanship.
The design appears intended to deliver an attention-grabbing italic serif with a decorative, engraved/cut terminal language—combining traditional serif structure with distinctive notches to create a memorable, high-impact voice for titling and branding.
In text, the dense weight and high contrast create strong word shapes, while the internal notches and narrow counters add sparkle but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. The numerals and capitals maintain the same carved detailing, keeping the tone consistent across alphanumerics.