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Mississippi specimen from Typotheque

A display serif family from Typotheque built around positional ornamental variations, with ten subfamilies named after world cities.

About

Each subfamily corresponds to a distinct treatment of stroke terminals and corner details, described by their position: Bottom Inside, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Bottom Outside, Top Inside, Top Left, Top Right, Top Outside, and so on. The system yields a broad palette of decorative voices from a shared skeleton, available in Regular and Black weights. Suited to editorial headlines, branding and display contexts where typographic ornamentation needs systematic control.

Classification

Mississippi is structured around decorative corner and stroke treatments, with named subfamilies reflecting positional variations on serifs and ornamental details, placing it firmly in the display category.

Weights

RegularBlack

Family

Mississippi AmsterdamMississippi BengaluruMississippi CopenhagenMississippi DamascusMississippi EdinburghMississippi FortalezaMississippi GuangzhouMississippi Hong KongMississippi IstanbulMississippi Jerusalem

Languages

Latin

Tags

displaydecorativeserifornamentalmodularcity-namedtypographic-system