Groovy Obno 5 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, album art, groovy, playful, retro, whimsical, bubbly, standout display, retro flavor, expressive branding, decorative titling, flared, blobby, curvy, soft, ornamental.
A soft, blobby display face with rounded terminals and pronounced swelling-and-pinching modulation that creates a lively, hand-shaped rhythm. Strokes flare into teardrop-like lobes and narrow into small waistlines, producing a sculpted, almost cutout silhouette. Bowls and counters tend to be compact and ovoid, with occasional interior notches and shallow ink-trap-like bites that add character. Overall spacing feels open and the letterforms vary slightly in footprint, reinforcing an intentionally irregular, decorative texture in words and lines.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its sculpted curves can be appreciated—posters, headlines, event promos, and playful branding. It can add a retro flourish to packaging and album art, and works well for logos when set at generous sizes and with comfortable tracking.
The tone is upbeat and nostalgic, with a buoyant, psychedelic-inflected flow that reads as friendly and a bit mischievous. Its wavy massing and soft curves evoke 60s–70s poster lettering and novelty signage, prioritizing personality over restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver a distinctive groovy display look through exaggerated flares, soft terminals, and animated contrast, creating a memorable silhouette and a lively texture across lines of text.
Capitals are particularly chunky and emblematic, while lowercase maintains the same swelling modulation for a consistent voice across mixed-case text. Numerals follow the same blobby construction, making them well suited to decorative titling but less appropriate for dense tabular settings.