Groovy Ohva 10 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, logotypes, headlines, packaging, album covers, groovy, retro, playful, funky, friendly, retro flair, display impact, playful branding, hand-lettered feel, rounded, swashy, bouncy, chunky, soft terminals.
A heavy, right-leaning display face with smooth, swelling strokes and rounded, teardrop-like terminals. Letterforms are compact and lively, with curvy joins, occasional ball-like counters, and a rhythm that alternates between thick, blobby masses and tighter pinched connections. Uppercase characters feel more decorative and script-influenced, while the lowercase stays simplified but keeps the same buoyant, flowing stroke behavior. Numerals are bold and sculpted, matching the soft, inflated silhouette of the alphabet.
Best suited to short, bold statements where personality is the priority—posters, large headlines, brand marks, packaging callouts, and entertainment or music-related graphics. It performs especially well at display sizes, where the curvy terminals and sculpted counters can be appreciated without crowding.
The overall tone is upbeat and nostalgic, evoking hand-lettered signage and late-20th-century pop and lounge aesthetics. Its bouncy curves and swashy accents read as fun and informal, with a confident, attention-grabbing presence.
The font appears designed to deliver a distinctive retro display voice with a hand-drawn, groovy cadence. Its inflated strokes, swashes, and playful irregularity suggest an emphasis on expressive branding and attention-catching titles rather than extended text reading.
The design favors silhouette and motion over strict consistency: widths and internal spaces shift noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating an irregular, hand-made feel. The italic slant and rounded finishing details help maintain continuity across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.