Serif Other Illof 2 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, branding, storybook, vintage, whimsical, friendly, ornamental, decorate, add warmth, evoke vintage, stand out, bracketed, beaked, ball terminals, curly, soft corners.
A decorative serif with heavy, rounded strokes and pronounced bracketed serifs that often flare into beak-like terminals. The letterforms show a lively, slightly calligraphic construction: bowls are generous, joins are smooth, and many glyphs pick up distinctive curls or ball-like endings (notably in curves and diagonals). Curvature and swelling are consistent across capitals, lowercase, and figures, giving the design a cohesive, hand-touched rhythm rather than a rigid text-face regularity.
Best suited for display settings where its decorative terminals can be appreciated: headlines, posters, titles, and packaging. It can also work for short passages in book covers or pull quotes when a vintage, storybook tone is desired, but its strong ornamentation and dark color make it less ideal for long-form body text at smaller sizes.
The overall tone is warm and playful, with an old-fashioned, storybook flavor. Its curled terminals and plump proportions feel inviting and theatrical, suggesting a crafted, decorative personality rather than a neutral editorial voice.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic serif structures with a friendlier, more theatrical silhouette—keeping traditional serif cues while adding curls, beaks, and rounded weight to create a distinctive, characterful display voice.
In the sample text, the dense color and ornamental terminals create strong presence and a textured line, especially around rounded letters and letters with curls. The figures follow the same embellished logic, with soft, rounded forms and expressive terminals that keep numerals visually aligned with the alphabet.