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Papois

Eko Bimantara · Eko Bimantara · 2026

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Papois specimen from Eko Bimantara

A warm humanist serif in 12 styles, drawing on early 20th-century American old-style traditions with soft letterforms and moderate stroke contrast.

About

Papois features gentle diagonal stress, soft curves and approachable letterforms that balance friendliness with refinement. The family spans light to extrabold across six weights, each with a matching italic, offering range across editorial, packaging and branding contexts. The calligraphic roots keep the forms organic rather than mechanical, suiting both display settings and extended text from caption size upward.

Classification

A warm humanist serif with soft edges, moderate stroke contrast and a slight diagonal stress reflecting calligraphic origins, rooted in early 20th-century American old-style serif traditions.

Weights

LightRegularSemi BoldExtra Bold

Languages

Latin

Tags

humanistserifold-stylewarmfriendlyeditorialbrandingcalligraphic