Serif Contrasted Vite 10 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, magazines, posters, branding, packaging, editorial, fashion, dramatic, classic, luxury, display impact, editorial elegance, luxury branding, classic revival, hairline serifs, vertical stress, crisp, sculpted, high-waisted.
A high-contrast serif with pronounced vertical stress, pairing stout vertical stems and round, weighty bowls with very fine hairlines. Serifs are sharp and delicate, reading as crisp terminals rather than soft, bracketed joins. Proportions skew wide with generous interior counters, and the overall rhythm feels stately and deliberate, especially in capitals. The lowercase shows a traditional, bookish skeleton with a relatively even x-height and clear ascender/descender presence, while figures and punctuation follow the same bold-to-hairline contrast and clean, knife-edge finishing.
Best suited to headlines, pull quotes, mastheads, and branding where the crisp hairlines and strong verticals can read cleanly. It can also work for short editorial passages or large-size text settings when you want a formal, high-end texture, especially in print or high-resolution digital environments.
The tone is dramatic and polished, combining classic book typography cues with a display-forward sense of luxury. Its high contrast and sharp detailing lend an elegant, editorial voice that feels refined, assertive, and slightly theatrical in larger settings.
The design appears intended to deliver a modernized didone-like contrast with wide, confident proportions and sharp finishing, aiming for maximum elegance and impact in display typography while maintaining a recognizable, classical serif structure for editorial use.
In text lines the thick strokes create strong word shapes, while the hairlines and serifs add sparkle and a tight, formal texture. The widest letters (notably round forms) emphasize a spacious, upscale feel, but the fine details suggest giving it sufficient size and print/display resolution for best clarity.