Serif Contrasted Egna 7 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, packaging, invitations, victorian, storybook, decorative, quirky, whimsical, expressiveness, vintage flavor, display impact, handcrafted feel, bouncy, calligraphic, ornate, spurred, lively.
A decorative serif with lively, slightly irregular outlines and a hand-drawn feel. Strokes show clear contrast between heavier stems and finer hairlines, with flared, spurred terminals and small wedge-like serifs that read more as drawn accents than rigid book serifs. Proportions are generous and open, with rounded bowls, occasional inward notches, and subtly uneven curves that create a buoyant rhythm. Lowercase forms sit on a relatively low x-height with prominent ascenders and descenders, and the overall spacing feels airy while letter widths vary noticeably across the alphabet.
Best suited to display sizes where the ornate terminals and lively stroke modulation can be appreciated—such as posters, book covers, event titles, packaging, and themed invitations. It can work for short passages or pull quotes when a distinctive, vintage-leaning voice is desired, but its character and varied widths make it less ideal for dense, small-size body copy.
The tone is playful and old-world, evoking Victorian ephemera and storybook display lettering. Its slightly mischievous, handcrafted energy makes text feel characterful rather than formal, with an inviting, theatrical warmth.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic serif structure through a deliberately whimsical, hand-rendered lens, prioritizing charm and memorability. It balances recognizable serif anatomy with decorative terminals and animated curves to create a distinctive display face.
In running text, the strong personality comes from the distinctive terminals and the variable, springy silhouettes of rounds and diagonals. The figures are similarly stylized, with curvy forms and decorative joins that align with the letterforms.