: Septimus is a display face known for its sharp, angular forms that mirror the "angulosity" often associated with expressionist art. It belongs to a family of typefaces, such as Friz Quadrata , that utilize flared serifs and a high-contrast weight to evoke a sense of historical authority while remaining modern and legible.
While there is no widely known standard typeface named "Septimus" commonly used for academic formatting, your query likely refers to one of two distinct areas: the font family used in creative design, or a linguistic confusion regarding French literary analysis of characters named Septimus (from Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway or Tom Stoppard's Arcadia ). septimus font