Merkén is a typeface inspired in the Slab Serif typefaces developed by Vincent Figgins in the early 20th century: his popular designs; Antique and Egiziano, were the main referrals when establishing this project. The typeface is best for headings, medium length texts, branding and marketing. His initial set is strong and spicy however it likewise has an alternative set which is cursive and kind.
Merkén is made up by 18 styles, 813 glyphs and Little Caps.
Besides, it has effective OpenType features for each style, including stylistic sets, extended language support, ligatures, contextual alternates, lining figures, oldstyle figures, arrows, circled around and black circled around numbers, fractions, superscripts, subscripts and lots of more.