Serif Other Dene 3 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, editorial, confident, vintage, dramatic, playful, attention, expressiveness, retro flavor, headline impact, distinctiveness, bracketed, ball terminals, ink traps, swashy, sculpted.
A heavy display serif with sculpted, high-contrast forms and a wide stance. Strokes swell into rounded, teardrop-like terminals and sharply cut joins, creating a carved, almost inked-by-hand feel despite the upright structure. Serifs are bracketed and often flare into bulbous terminals, while counters are compact and the internal shapes stay open enough to hold at large sizes. The rhythm is lively and irregular in a controlled way, with distinctive stroke modulation and occasional notched/angled cuts that add a decorative edge.
Best suited to short, prominent text such as headlines, poster titles, mastheads, and brand marks where its dramatic contrast and sculpted details can be appreciated. It can also work for packaging and expressive editorial pull quotes, but is less appropriate for dense body copy or small UI sizes due to its strong modulation and decorative terminals.
The overall tone is bold and theatrical, mixing vintage signage energy with an editorial, headline-driven presence. Its rounded terminals and exaggerated contrast give it a friendly, slightly mischievous personality while still reading as authoritative and attention-grabbing.
This design appears intended as a statement display serif: a traditional serif base pushed into a decorative, high-impact direction through exaggerated contrast, rounded terminals, and carved-looking detailing to create instant visual character.
Capital letters feel particularly monumental, while the lowercase introduces more bounce through rounded terminals and pronounced entry/exit shaping. Numerals match the same chunky, high-contrast logic, reading best when given space and size.