Serif Other Siba 1 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, signage, vintage, storybook, ornate, playful, gothic, expressiveness, heritage feel, display impact, whimsy, curled, bracketed, calligraphic, flared, high-shouldered.
A decorative serif with heavy, rounded strokes and softly bracketed serifs that often curl into teardrop-like terminals. The letterforms keep an upright posture but lean into expressive details: hooked entry strokes, bulbous finials, and subtly flared ends that give many glyphs a carved, inked feel. Counters are generally compact and the rhythm is tight, with pronounced top accents on capitals and a distinctly sculpted silhouette across both cases. Numerals match the text weight and share the same rounded, slightly quirky finishing, helping the set feel cohesive in display sizes.
Best suited to headlines and short passages where its ornamental details can read clearly—posters, book covers, labels, and themed signage. It also works well for display copy in historical, fantasy, or whimsical contexts where a distinctive serif voice is desired.
The overall tone is vintage and story-driven, mixing old-world formality with a playful, hand-finished charm. Its curled terminals and embellished caps evoke signage, packaging, and book typography where personality is more important than restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, characterful serif for display settings, using curled terminals and bracketed serifs to add a handcrafted, heritage feel while keeping strokes sturdy and legible at larger sizes.
Uppercase forms carry especially strong personality through exaggerated top strokes and hooked ends, while the lowercase stays simpler but still shows the same soft bracketing and rounded terminals. In text samples the weight and ornamentation create strong word shapes, though the decorative terminals can become visually busy at smaller sizes.