Serif Other Lydal 8 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, covers, theatrical, mysterious, vintage, assertive, crafted, distinctive, ornamental, high impact, logo-ready, attention-grabbing, stenciled, wedge terminals, cut-in details, angular.
A high-impact serif display design with sharp wedge-like terminals and deliberately interrupted strokes that create small cut-ins and gaps through bowls, stems, and diagonals. Curves are broad and heavy, counters are relatively open, and the overall rhythm feels sculpted and angular despite the rounded foundations. The detailing is consistent across capitals, lowercase, and figures, giving the face a cohesive, decorative texture at text sizes.
Best suited for display applications such as posters, editorial headlines, book or album covers, packaging, and identity work where a strong, stylized serif can carry the composition. It also fits short slogans and pull quotes, especially when you want a vintage or crafted mood. For longer passages, it will typically work better at larger sizes where the cut-in details remain clear.
This typeface projects a confident, theatrical tone with a hint of mystery. The repeated stencil-like interruptions create a crafted, ornamental feel that reads as vintage and display-forward rather than neutral or purely editorial.
The design appears intended to deliver a recognizable, signature look through systematic incisions and wedge-like serif forms. Its visual interruptions add character and pattern, suggesting it was drawn to stand out in headlines and branding rather than disappear into long-form reading.
Many characters feature diagonal or triangular notches that function like a decorative stencil logic, producing distinctive internal highlights in letters like O/Q and strong graphic silhouettes in W/X/Y/Z. The numerals echo the same incised construction, keeping the figures visually aligned with the letterforms.