Serif Other Efko 5 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, book covers, playful, retro, whimsical, theatrical, punchy, attention grabbing, decorative serif, vintage display, brand character, poster impact, swashy, flared, bulbous, quirky, stencil-like.
A very heavy, high-contrast serif design with exaggerated wedge-like serifs and frequent curved cut-ins that create a spurred, almost stencil-like feel. Strokes alternate between broad, inky masses and narrow pinched joins, producing lively, irregular negative spaces. Many letters show flared terminals, teardrop-like counters, and asymmetrical sculpting that makes the silhouette feel hand-carved rather than strictly geometric. The overall rhythm is compact and dense, with strong vertical emphasis and distinctive, decorative detailing that remains consistent across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Best suited to display settings where strong texture and distinctive silhouettes are an advantage—posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, and cover typography. It can work for short bursts of text at larger sizes, where the dramatic notches and wedge serifs have room to read clearly.
The font projects a bold, mischievous personality with a vintage-showcard flavor. Its dramatic weight, sharp wedge points, and quirky inner notches add a sense of theatricality and humor, making text feel attention-grabbing and characterful rather than neutral or purely editorial.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a stylized, ornamental serif construction—combining high contrast with decorative cut-ins and flared terminals to create a memorable, vintage-leaning display voice.
Caps read as monumental and poster-forward, while the lowercase introduces more idiosyncratic shapes and swashy movement (notably in letters with tails and diagonals), increasing the decorative tone in running text. Numerals are similarly sculpted and high-impact, matching the heavy color and sharp flares of the alphabet.