Serif Humanist Obro 2 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book titles, posters, game ui, film titles, packaging, medieval, gothic, storybook, hand-cut, period flavor, dramatic voice, handmade texture, ornamental display, angular, spiky, textured, decorative, incised.
This serif design combines wide proportions with sharply faceted, broken contours that read like chiseled or hand-cut letterforms. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin contrast, with crisp transitions and small wedge-like terminals that behave as pointed serifs. Counters are generally compact and angular, and many joins and curves are rendered with jagged, irregular edges that create a textured silhouette. Spacing appears somewhat uneven by design, contributing to an intentionally varied rhythm across words and lines.
Best suited for display typography such as book and chapter titles, posters, game titles and UI accents, film/series title cards, and themed packaging or labels. It can work for short passages at larger sizes where the textured edges remain legible and contribute to the intended atmosphere; for small body text, the spiky detailing may become visually dense.
The overall tone evokes medieval manuscript and gothic sign lettering—dramatic, ornamental, and slightly ominous. Its roughened, blade-like details give it a handmade, fantastical feel that suggests folklore, dark romance, and period-themed storytelling rather than modern neutrality.
The design appears intended to reinterpret old-style serif proportions through a gothic, incised treatment, prioritizing character and atmosphere over neutrality. Its controlled contrast and pointed terminals aim to deliver a dramatic, period-inspired voice while remaining structurally readable in headlines and short text blocks.
The alphabet shows consistent spurs and notched edges across both uppercase and lowercase, maintaining a coherent ‘carved’ motif. Numerals and punctuation follow the same angular vocabulary, supporting display settings where a unified, theatrical texture is desirable.