Serif Other Buja 8 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, branding, retro, storybook, playful, crafty, friendly, display impact, retro flavor, playful character, hand-shaped feel, soft serifs, ball terminals, bracketed, bulbous, bouncy.
A decorative serif with chunky, sculpted letterforms and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Serifs are soft and heavily bracketed, often swelling into teardrop-like ends, giving strokes a carved, hand-shaped feel rather than a crisp, mechanical finish. Counters are generally open and rounded, while curves and joins lean toward bulbous transitions that create a lively, slightly irregular rhythm. The overall texture is dark and assertive, with compact interior space and energetic shapes that keep lines of text visually animated.
This font is best suited to display settings where its sculpted contrast and decorative serifs can be appreciated—headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, and brand marks. It can work for short bursts of text such as taglines or pull quotes, where a bold, playful voice is desired over quiet readability.
The tone feels retro and storybook-like—warm, whimsical, and a bit theatrical. Its bouncy terminals and soft, swelling serifs read as approachable and characterful, lending a handmade, vintage-display personality rather than a formal editorial one.
The design appears intended to deliver a distinctive, vintage-leaning serif voice with softened, expressive terminals and a lively rhythm. It emphasizes personality and silhouette recognition, aiming for memorable display impact rather than neutral, text-first restraint.
The capitals have an emphatic presence with wide, rounded bowls and prominent bracketed serifs, while the lowercase maintains a sturdy, friendly stance with noticeable terminal flare in letters like a, r, and s. Numerals match the same sculpted contrast and rounded finishing, keeping the set cohesive for headlines and short statements.