Serif Typeface for Displaay Type Foundry

Baroque roots, punched arches

Tobias is a serif typeface combining baroque and transitional influences, retaining the diagonal stress axis characteristic of Old-Style and Renaissance letterforms. Its x-height is notably high, and arches are punched into stems rather than flowing smoothly from them. Terminals follow baroque convention, formed as drops and ears. The family includes alternates that vary serif direction.

Set in Tobias

Insights

Arches are punched into stems rather than organically joined, a stated structural characteristic.
Maintains diagonal weight stress inherited from Old-Style and Renaissance tradition.
Alternate glyphs explore varying serif directions.