Inline Siho 6 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, logotypes, packaging, victorian, circus, western, vintage, playful, display impact, period flavor, engraved look, signpainting feel, decorative, ornate, bracketed, engraved, outlined.
A decorative serif with crisp, high-contrast strokes and a narrow overall footprint. Letterforms feature bracketed serifs and sharp, triangular terminals, with a consistent inline cut running through the strokes to create an engraved, hollowed look. Curves are tightly controlled and verticals dominate, giving the design a tall, poster-friendly rhythm. Numerals and capitals carry more flourish, while the lowercase remains legible but still stylized, with distinctive shapes in characters like g, a, and y.
Best suited to display sizes where the inline carving and serif detailing can be appreciated—posters, headlines, storefront or event signage, labels, and brand marks. It can work for short pulls, captions, or menu headings when set with generous tracking and comfortable leading, but it is not aimed at dense body copy.
The inline carving and dramatic contrast evoke an old-fashioned, showbill sensibility—equal parts theatrical and nostalgic. It reads as confident and slightly playful, with a crafted, hand-finished feel reminiscent of vintage signage and print ephemera.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, engraved display voice by combining classic serif structure with an inline treatment. It prioritizes character and period flavor over neutrality, offering a distinctive silhouette for attention-grabbing titles and identity work.
The inline detail stays coherent across stems, bowls, and serifs, producing a strong two-tone effect even in single-color rendering. In longer text the ornamentation becomes visually active, so spacing and line length will influence readability more than in a plain text face.