Serif Other Ebju 3 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, signage, gothic, vintage, dramatic, heraldic, industrial, display impact, historic flavor, decorative serif, branding voice, signage clarity, spurred, bracketed, beaked, incised, condensed caps.
A very heavy, high-contrast serif with compact, upright proportions and a pronounced vertical rhythm. Stems are thick and largely straight, while joins and terminals show sharp, carved-looking facets and small spurs that read as beaked or incised. Serifs are short and angular rather than wide slabs, with bracketed transitions that keep the texture crisp and dense. Counters are relatively tight in many letters, and several forms use distinctive notched or pointed terminals that create a decorative, chiseled silhouette. Numerals and caps maintain a strong, blocky presence with consistent weight and deliberate, display-oriented detailing.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, headlines, branding marks, and labels where its dense weight and sharp detailing can be appreciated. It can work well for signage, album or book covers, and packaging that aims for a historic or dramatic voice, and is less ideal for long text passages due to its tight counters and high-contrast details.
The overall tone feels gothic and old-world, combining a blackletter-adjacent sharpness with poster-era solidity. Its dark color and emphatic terminals convey authority and drama, suggesting heritage, ceremony, and a slightly industrial vintage mood.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum impact with a compact, dark texture and distinctive spurred, incised terminals. Its construction prioritizes a historic display feel—somewhere between classic serif signage and gothic-inspired engraving—making it effective for bold titling and identity work.
The design emphasizes strong cap impact and a dark, even typographic color at large sizes; at smaller sizes the tight counters and sharp interior corners may visually fill in. Distinctive angular terminals on letters like V/W/X and the spurred curves on bowls give it a carved, emblematic character.