Serif Other Pefa 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, book covers, posters, magazine titles, branding, vintage, editorial, literary, quirky, space saving, distinctive serif, editorial tone, display impact, condensed, bracketed, spurred, tall, crisp.
A condensed serif with tall, narrow proportions and a steady vertical rhythm. Strokes show moderate thick–thin contrast, with straight, upright stems and compact bowls that keep counters tight. Serifs are small and bracketing/spurred, giving terminals a slightly sculpted, decorative finish rather than a purely classical book-face look. The design maintains consistent structure across caps and lowercase while allowing noticeable width variation in round and diagonal forms, producing a lively texture in text.
Well-suited to headlines and titling where a condensed footprint is helpful, such as magazine mastheads, book covers, and poster typography. It can also work for branding and labels that benefit from an editorial, slightly unconventional serif voice, especially when set with generous tracking or in larger sizes.
The overall tone feels vintage and editorial, with a lightly eccentric, theatrical edge. Its narrow, high-contrast build and spurred terminals evoke old-style print ephemera and literary titling, balancing seriousness with a hint of whimsy.
The design appears intended to provide a space-saving serif with a classic print flavor, enhanced by distinctive spurs and condensed proportions to stand out in display use. It prioritizes vertical elegance and texture over neutrality, aiming for recognizable character in short passages and titles.
Capitals read as stately and column-like, while the lowercase introduces more idiosyncratic details (notably in curved letters and the figure shapes), which increases personality at display sizes. The numerals appear similarly condensed and stylized, matching the text color closely in mixed settings.