Serif Other Tody 6 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, labels, signage, poster, circus, western, vintage, dramatic, space saving, attention grabbing, vintage poster, condensed, high x-height, bracketed, flared, ink-trap.
A tightly condensed serif with strong vertical emphasis and compact sidebearings. Strokes show moderate contrast, with heavy stems and comparatively finer connections, creating a punchy black shape without becoming hairline. Serifs are small and bracketed with subtle flare, and several joins show sharp, slightly pinched transitions that read like ink traps or chiselled terminals. The lowercase is tall and narrow with minimal roundness, while counters stay small and upright, producing an assertive, compressed rhythm across lines.
Best suited to display settings where strong vertical punch and dense texture are helpful—headlines, posters, event graphics, packaging, labels, and signage. It can also work for short pull quotes or mastheads, but the compressed counters and heavy weight make it less comfortable for extended body text.
The overall tone feels theatrical and old-style display—evoking poster typography, saloon signage, and turn-of-the-century advertising. Its tall, compressed forms and carved-looking details give it a bold, attention-seeking personality with a slightly quirky, decorative edge.
The letterforms appear designed to deliver maximum impact in limited horizontal space while retaining a serif identity. Decorative pinches, flared terminals, and tight proportions suggest an intention to reference vintage poster and signage styles in a modern, consistently drawn display face.
The design maintains a consistent vertical skeleton and narrow proportions across both cases, but introduces small, expressive irregularities in terminals and joins that keep it from reading as a purely classical text serif. The numerals follow the same condensed, heavy-set construction and are built to match the font’s poster-like color and density.