Sans Other Diluh 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Myriad' by Adobe, 'Mero' and 'Mero Thai' by Deltatype, 'FF Mutual' by FontFont, 'FS Elliot' and 'FS Elliot Paneuropean' by Fontsmith, 'Creata' by Ivan Petrov, and 'Gelder Sans' by The Northern Block (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, streetwear, grunge, industrial, rough, punk, distressed, add texture, create impact, evoke wear, signal grit, stenciled, weathered, heavy, blunt, chunky.
A compact, heavy sans with blocky proportions and largely geometric construction. The letterforms have broad, simplified counters and minimal curvature detail, giving the design a blunt, poster-like presence. A distinctive distressed treatment is applied throughout: irregular chips and voids cut into strokes and counters, with jagged edges that feel like worn paint or eroded stencil material. Spacing is on the tight side in text settings, and the texture creates a lively, uneven rhythm across lines while keeping the underlying shapes legible at display sizes.
Best suited to display contexts where texture is desirable—posters, bold headlines, event graphics, album/mixtape covers, packaging labels, and apparel graphics. It can work for short subheads or callouts when paired with a cleaner companion face for body copy.
The overall tone is gritty and utilitarian, suggesting worn signage, stamped labeling, or aged industrial graphics. The distressed cuts add energy and abrasion, lending a rebellious, street-level attitude that reads as raw rather than refined.
The design appears intended to combine a straightforward, sturdy sans skeleton with a strong distressed overlay, creating instant grit and impact without relying on ornamentation. It aims to evoke printed wear, abrasion, or stencil-like breakage while preserving a simple, high-contrast silhouette for attention-grabbing display use.
The distress is not uniform from glyph to glyph, so repeated letters create natural variation and a more organic, printed-on-surface look. The texture becomes a dominant feature at smaller sizes, where the interior chips can visually compete with counters, while at larger sizes it reads as deliberate material wear.