Serif Contrasted Pume 7 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, magazine, posters, branding, packaging, dramatic, fashion, editorial, elegant, classic, display impact, luxury tone, expressive italic, editorial flavor, swashy, calligraphic, crisp, tapered, bracketless.
This typeface is a high-contrast italic serif with a pronounced diagonal slant, crisp hairlines, and heavy, sculpted main strokes. Serifs are sharp and lightly connected or effectively unbracketed, giving terminals a clean, cut quality. Many glyphs show calligraphic curvature and teardrop-like joins, with occasional swash-like strokes in letters such as J, Q, f, and z. The proportions feel generously set with open counters and lively width changes across letters, producing a dynamic, slightly theatrical rhythm. Figures follow the same contrast and italic movement, with distinctive curved terminals and strong thick–thin modulation.
Best suited to display work where contrast and italic motion can read clearly—magazine headlines, fashion/editorial layouts, posters, and premium branding. It can also work for short pull quotes or section openers, especially when given enough size and spacing to preserve the hairlines.
The overall tone is polished and assertive, combining classic refinement with a showy, editorial edge. Its energetic italics and dramatic contrast suggest luxury, display typography, and headline-led design rather than quiet text setting.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic high-contrast serif voice with an expressive italic, prioritizing impact, elegance, and distinctive letterforms for prominent, attention-getting typography.
Round letters (O, C, G) emphasize vertical stress through thickened verticals and very fine connecting strokes, which heightens sparkle at larger sizes. The lowercase features a relatively compact x-height against prominent ascenders/descenders, and the punctuation-like details (dots, hooks, and curls) add a decorative, slightly vintage flavor.