Serif Normal Yolan 13 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, publishing, institutional, literary, refined, classical, scholarly, readability, editorial tone, classic text, typographic stability, formal clarity, bracketed, calligraphic, crisp, open counters, tapered strokes.
This serif presents a traditional text-face structure with compact, bracketed serifs and gently tapered stroke endings. Curves are smooth and controlled, with moderate modulation that stays even across the alphabet, giving the page a steady rhythm. Proportions lean slightly narrow with clear, open counters; ascenders are prominent and the lowercase maintains a familiar, bookish silhouette. Details like the angled terminals on letters such as C, S, and a, plus the crisp joins and tidy apertures, contribute to a clean, well-mannered texture in paragraphs.
This font suits long-form reading in books and editorial layouts where a stable, classic serif texture is desirable. It also works well for magazine features, essays, reports, and institutional communications that need a formal but approachable typographic voice.
The overall tone is classic and literary, conveying a sense of refinement without feeling overly ornate. It suggests academic and editorial settings—measured, trustworthy, and quietly formal—while retaining enough warmth from its subtly calligraphic terminals to avoid looking mechanical.
The design appears intended as a conventional, readable serif that prioritizes smooth paragraph color and familiar letterforms. Its restrained contrast, bracketed serifs, and careful terminals suggest an aim for dependable text performance while preserving a subtly refined, traditional character.
In the sample text, the face holds together well at display-to-text sizes, keeping consistent color and legibility across mixed-case lines. Numerals are clear and traditional in spirit, matching the letterforms rather than calling attention to themselves, and punctuation feels restrained and aligned with the text-first intent.