Clearly
Big Fog Foundry · Brian Dove · 2022
A flared display serif by Brian Dove spanning seven weights, drawing on Old-style and Victorian era sources for book covers, logotypes and headline work.
About
Built around condensed letterforms with soft curled details on some terminals and sharp points on others, Clearly occupies a tonal middle ground between warmth and severity. Contrast increases through the darker weights, giving the heavier cuts a more commanding presence suited to large-scale settings. OpenType features include alternate R forms, curly terminal variants for C, G, S and s, case-sensitive forms, and both lining and oldstyle figures.
Classification
Clearly uses flared terminals and high contrast derived from Old-style and Victorian serif traditions, placing it firmly in the serif category with a display-oriented, flared subcategory rather than a conventional bracketed or unbracketed serif.