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: The single-style family contains exactly 238 glyphs .

The Septimus font family consists of 10 weights:

The Septimus Font: History, Characteristics, and Design Applications

To truly understand the Septimus font, one must first meet its creator. David Nalle, a designer deeply influenced by the history of the written word, runs Scriptorium, a digital foundry based in Austin, Texas. Scriptorium is not your typical type foundry focused solely on creating new, modern fonts. Instead, it specializes in a unique niche: offering hundreds of fonts that are "mostly decorative and calligraphic, based on historical and folk sources". Nalle’s passion lies in reviving, reimagining, and making accessible the lettering styles of bygone eras. It is within this context that Septimus was born, not as a sterile, geometric typeface, but as a font with a story and a specific historical ambiance.

The name "Septimus" (Latin for "the seventh") evokes a sense of antiquity, order, and classical learning. It is often categorized as a "Display Serif," though some foundries have released "Text" variants designed for body copy.