Serif Other Hise 3 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, signage, playful, retro, boisterous, cartoonish, folksy, novelty display, retro appeal, high impact, expressive branding, bulbous, flared, swashy, rounded, soft-edged.
A heavy, display-oriented serif with bulbous strokes and pronounced flared terminals. Letterforms feel sculpted and slightly irregular, with soft, blunted corners and wedge-like serifs that often sweep backward, creating a subtle reverse-lean in the overall texture. Counters are generally tight and the silhouettes are highly black, producing strong spot shapes; internal apertures and joins show carved, sometimes notched detailing that adds a hand-cut character. Width and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving lines an animated, uneven rhythm rather than a strictly geometric cadence.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and short bursts of copy where its bold silhouettes and decorative serifs can be appreciated. It can also work for expressive logotypes, packaging fronts, event graphics, and signage that aims for a playful, retro or novelty tone.
The font projects a humorous, rowdy energy with a nostalgic, poster-like flavor. Its exaggerated serifs and chunky curves evoke novelty signage and lighthearted headline typography, leaning more toward character and attitude than refinement or neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality and impact through exaggerated flares, carved-in details, and a subtly reverse-leaning stance. Rather than pursuing strict typographic regularity, it embraces irregular rhythm and chunky contours to create a memorable, display-first voice.
The digit set follows the same chunky, flared construction as the letters, maintaining consistent weight and decorative notching. In paragraph samples, the dense color and variable widths create a lively texture, but the compact counters and busy terminals make it feel most at home at larger sizes where the shapes can breathe.