🏛️ The Legacy of the Letter: Roman Typography in the Modern Era

is a professional display font family originally designed by David Nalle in 1993 and published through the Scriptorium foundry. It is characterized by its unique, stylized appearance, often used to evoke a specific historical or vintage atmosphere in design projects. Licensing and Availability

First, a refresher. Septimus (originally released in 2016 by a reclusive designer known only as “H.W.”) isn’t your average vintage serif. It’s a hybrid—part 19th-century poster type, part dark academia manuscript scrawl. Imagine if a Victorian letterpress operator had a fever dream about Celtic runes and Art Nouveau whiplash. That’s Septimus: high contrast, sharp wedge serifs, and a lowercase ‘g’ that looks like it’s politely judging you.