Serif Normal Miday 4 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, magazine, book covers, posters, classic, formal, bookish, authoritative, display emphasis, editorial tone, classic authority, premium feel, bracketed serifs, wedge serifs, ball terminals, oldstyle figures, sculpted curves.
A high-contrast serif with sharply bracketed, wedge-like serifs and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Capitals are broad and stately with crisp apexes and tapered stroke endings, while the lowercase shows a traditional rhythm with rounded bowls, a two-storey a, and a single-storey g with a prominent ear. Terminals often finish in teardrop/ball-like shapes (notably on forms like f and y), and curves are slightly sculpted, giving letters a lively, engraved feel. Numerals read as oldstyle figures, with varying heights and ascenders/descenders that blend naturally into text.
Best suited to display typography such as magazine headlines, editorial pull quotes, book and film titles, and poster work where its contrast and sharp serifs can read clearly. It can also serve for section heads and branding wordmarks that want a traditional, premium voice.
The overall tone is classic and editorial—confident, literary, and a touch theatrical due to the dramatic contrast and pointed serifs. It suggests established authority and tradition, while the lively terminals keep it from feeling purely austere.
The design appears intended to deliver a conventional text-serif foundation with heightened drama: strong contrast, crisp serifs, and expressive terminals that elevate it from purely utilitarian reading type into an editorial display companion.
In the text sample, the strong contrast and sharp joins create a vivid texture at display sizes, with distinctive silhouettes in letters like Q, R, and the lowercases with pronounced descenders. The combination of crisp serifs and rounded bowls produces a bold page color that favors headlines and short passages over dense, small-size settings.