Serif Other Hibo 6 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logotypes, victorian, circus, vintage, playful, quirky, attention, show-card, ornament, nostalgia, personality, bracketed, ball terminals, swashy, high-contrast, bouncy.
A decorative serif with heavy main strokes and sharply tapered hairlines, creating a distinctly high-contrast, poster-like texture. Serifs are bracketed and often flare into rounded, ball-like terminals, with occasional teardrop ends and curled hooks. The letterforms feel slightly elastic: bowls are generous, counters are open, and several glyphs introduce asymmetric swashes (notably in S, J, g, and 2), giving the face a lively, irregular rhythm while remaining largely upright and readable at display sizes.
Best suited to display typography where its contrast and ornament can be appreciated: posters, headlines, event branding, packaging, and storefront or wayfinding-style signage. It can also work for short editorial pulls or logotypes where a vintage, theatrical voice is desired, but its lively terminals may feel busy in long body text.
The overall tone is theatrical and vintage, evoking handbills, fairground signage, and old-time editorial headlines. Its pronounced curls and ball terminals add a friendly, slightly mischievous character that reads as decorative rather than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, attention-grabbing serif with historic, show-card flair. By combining robust stems with hairline joins and distinctive ball terminals, it aims for immediate personality and strong silhouette contrast in short, prominent text.
Capitals are broad and emphatic, while lowercase forms keep a sturdy stance with expressive terminals that animate word shapes. Numerals are similarly stylized, with curled strokes on figures like 2 and 9 that reinforce the ornamental, showy personality.