Sans Normal Miha 8 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, social graphics, playful, retro, chunky, friendly, punchy, impact, approachability, retro flavor, headline focus, graphic texture, soft corners, compact counters, geometric, heavy weight, display.
This typeface uses extremely heavy, compact letterforms with broad, rounded geometry and softly blunted corners. Curves are built from near-circular bowls and arcs, while straight strokes end in squared or slightly chamfered terminals, creating a sturdy, poster-like silhouette. Counters are small and tight (notably in letters like a, e, o), and apertures are relatively closed, which increases the sense of mass. The rhythm is energetic and slightly irregular in a deliberate way, with simplified shapes and occasional quirky cut-ins that keep the forms from feeling purely mechanical.
Best suited to display sizes where its mass and quirky geometry can carry the message—headlines, posters, bold branding, packaging, and attention-grabbing social or editorial graphics. It can work for short subheads or callouts, but extended small-size text will benefit from extra spacing to maintain clarity.
The overall tone is bold and upbeat, leaning toward a retro, pop-forward personality. Its chunky forms feel friendly and toy-like rather than severe, giving headlines a confident, humorous presence. The dense black shapes create high visual impact and a slightly cartoonish warmth.
The design appears intended to maximize impact with a compact, friendly display voice: heavy shapes, simplified construction, and rounded geometry that reads quickly and feels approachable. The subtle irregularities and tight internal space suggest a focus on personality and graphic presence over neutral, continuous-text readability.
In longer settings the tight counters and reduced apertures can make internal shapes fill in, so the font reads most clearly with generous tracking and ample line spacing. Numerals are similarly weighty and simplified, matching the alphabet’s strong, graphic texture.