Serif Normal Funan 3 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: editorial, book design, headlines, pull quotes, invitations, classic, literary, refined, formal, scholarly, elegant emphasis, editorial voice, classic readability, bracketed, calligraphic, crisp, dynamic, oldstyle figures.
A high-contrast italic serif with sharply tapered hairlines and fuller shaded strokes that create a lively diagonal rhythm. Serifs are crisp and mostly bracketed, with pointed, wedge-like terminals that keep contours clean at display sizes. Uppercase forms are slightly narrow with elegant, sweeping joins and a consistent rightward slant; the lowercase shows calligraphic influence, including a single-storey “a” and “g” and a flowing, connected feel between curves and stems. The numerals read as oldstyle figures, mixing ascenders and descenders with pronounced stroke modulation for a more text-oriented color.
Well suited to editorial settings such as magazines, book interiors, and literary layouts where an elegant italic voice is needed for emphasis or section openers. It also performs nicely in refined display roles—headlines, pull quotes, and formal collateral—where its contrast and crisp terminals can read clearly at larger sizes.
The overall tone is traditional and cultivated, evoking book typography and editorial polish. Its energetic italic movement adds a sense of sophistication and rhetoric—suited to emphasis, quoted passages, and expressive typographic voice without becoming decorative.
The design appears intended as a conventional, text-friendly italic with enough calligraphic character to feel expressive, while preserving the restraint and structure expected of classic serif typography.
Stroke contrast is pronounced enough that spacing and counters stay airy, giving the face a light-on-its-feet texture despite the strong shaded strokes. The italic construction appears deliberately drawn (not merely slanted), with expressive entry/exit strokes and sharpened terminals that accentuate the rhythm in longer lines.