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Thorn Serif

Type Forward · Stan Partalev and Mirela Belova

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Thorn Serif specimen from Type Forward

A sharp display serif by Stan Partalev and Mirela Belova, drawing on ancient Roman coin lettering to produce eight weights plus a variable font with pronounced spiky terminals.

About

The design takes its character from the pointed, high-contrast letterforms found on historical Roman coinage, resulting in a distinctly spiky texture suited to display use. Eight named weights from Hairline to Black are available, alongside a variable font, with one weight offered free. OpenType features include stylistic sets for alternative glyph shapes, oval Cyrillic forms, contextual alternates, fractions, oldstyle figures and case-sensitive punctuation.

Classification

A display serif with sharp, spiky terminals inspired by ancient Roman coinage lettering. The pronounced pointed details and high contrast suggest a decorative display classification rather than a workhorse text face.

Weights

HairlineThinLightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldBlack

Languages

LatinCyrillic

Tags

serifdisplayromanhistoricalspikycoinagevariablecyrillic

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