Serif Other Labo 6 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, book covers, victorian, playful, whimsical, theatrical, vintage, decorative serif, poster appeal, vintage flavor, expressive voice, distinctive branding, bracketed, ball terminals, bulbous, calligraphic, bouncy.
A decorative serif with chunky, sculpted stems and pronounced contrast that swells into teardrop and ball-like terminals. Serifs are bracketed and often flare into soft, droplet forms, giving many strokes a tapered, inked-in feeling rather than a purely geometric construction. The letterforms feel slightly irregular in rhythm, with curvy joins and occasional spur-like details that add movement and personality. Counters are relatively open for such a heavy design, while diagonals and curves (notably in S, Q, and g) lean on bold, rounded shaping to maintain a lively texture in text.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, headlines, packaging, and branding where personality and period flavor are desired. It can work in short text bursts or pull quotes, but its strong ornament and weight make it most effective at larger sizes where the terminal details can be appreciated.
The overall tone is vintage and theatrical, evoking poster-era display typography with a mischievous, storybook charm. Its rounded terminals and swooping details create a friendly eccentricity—more playful than formal—while still reading as distinctly serifed and traditional in spirit.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic serif conventions with exaggerated, droplet-like terminals and a lively, calligraphic modulation. It aims to deliver a memorable, characterful voice for attention-grabbing typography while retaining recognizable serif structure for readability in display use.
The numerals are similarly stylized, with strong weight and softened terminals that help them harmonize with the expressive capitals. Lowercase forms keep the same decorative vocabulary, with single-storey shapes and pronounced terminal treatments that emphasize a handcrafted, showcard-like character.