Drawing inspiration from Obelisk by Herman Ihlenburg (1880s), Musikal embodies the playful nature of its source material without imitating its design. The sharp, high contrasting serifs, geometric shapes and ornamental features of Obelisk were replaced with a playful and organic design. With slightly closer visual link to the stroke of a pen, Musikal’s small tapered serifs, off-centred axes and simplified yet imposing ornamental strokes offer a contemporary and refreshing design, with glimpses of the past. Due to its condensed nature, its quirks and ornaments, Musikal is intended for display use. The prominent downstrokes found on characters such as the a, c and s will stand out in any design but still maintains a level of legibility. Musikal is currently available in six weights (and six italics) with a large character set offering language support for extended Latin. It’s open type features offer the user a plethora of additional styles. The first Stylistic Set allows the user to set longer paragraphs of text with simplified versions of the A, C, G, S, a, c, e, g, r, s by removing the ornamental down strokes. If the user is looking for a more extravagant design, this can be found in Stylistic Sets 02 and 03 with extending strokes to certain letters. A selection of ligatures are also available, preventing any strokes from colliding, such as f_a. Musikal also comes with additional styles of figures (non-lining, circled and fractions), ample punctuation, currency, maths and other symbols. As well as arrows, floral hearts, a manicule and a giraffe.