Serif Other Ubta 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, book covers, art deco, retro, display, condensed, formal, space saving, vintage flavor, signage feel, headline impact, ornamental serif, high contrast, tapered serifs, chiseled, vertical stress, crisp.
A condensed, high-vertical typeface with largely monoline stems and sharp, tapered serif terminals. The letterforms are built from tall, straight-sided structures with rounded inner counters and frequent corner softening, producing an economical, poster-like rhythm. Serifs tend to appear as small triangular or wedge-like flares at the ends of strokes, and many joins feel slightly chiseled, giving the forms a cut, engraved character. Numerals and capitals read especially narrow and upright, while the lowercase maintains a prominent x-height that keeps word shapes compact and dense.
This font is best suited to display settings where condensed proportions help fit more characters per line—posters, storefront or wayfinding-style signage, packaging labels, and book or album covers. It can work well for short blocks of large text where its tall, compact word shapes create a strong graphic presence.
The overall tone is vintage and architectural, evoking early-20th-century signage and Art Deco titling. Its crisp terminals and compressed proportions feel authoritative and stylish, with a slightly theatrical, ornamental edge suited to attention-grabbing headlines.
The design appears intended as a decorative condensed serif for titling: a space-saving, vertically oriented face that combines monoline construction with sharp, wedge-like serifs to produce a distinctive retro sign-painter and engraving-inspired look.
Round letters like O/Q are drawn as tall ovals with even stroke weight, while diagonals (A, V, W, X, Y) remain taut and narrow, reinforcing a strong vertical cadence. The texture in lines of text is dark and continuous, with minimal modulation, which emphasizes shape and spacing over stroke calligraphy.