In Charpentier Renaissance, the strokes of the broad pen are still noticeable. The typeface has really specified gently bent serifs. The types are powerful and stand sturdily on the baseline. Charpentier Renaissance is extremely understandable and yields a solid and yet still vibrant line formation.
The accompanying cursive, like its historical designs, has practically no inclination. The lower case characters of Charpentier Renaissance Italique have such distinctive figures that they can also form a typeface of their own.