Sans Other Giva 1 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, industrial, stencil, retro, techno, architectural, visual impact, stencil aesthetic, graphic texture, modular construction, modular, geometric, cutout, monolinear, blocky.
A heavy, geometric sans built from broad, simplified shapes with rounded curves and flat terminals. The design uses deliberate cutouts and internal breaks that create a stencil-like construction across many letters, with frequent vertical splits and occasional diagonal incisions (notably in forms like M, N, W, X). Counters are minimal and often implied by negative space, producing a compact, poster-ready texture and a strong black/white rhythm. Proportions lean broad with a stable, upright stance, and the overall drawing feels modular and constructed rather than calligraphic.
Best suited to large-scale display settings where its cutout construction can be appreciated—posters, headlines, brand marks, packaging, and wayfinding-style graphics. It can also work for short, punchy statements in editorial or cultural materials, especially where a strong graphic voice is desired over long-form legibility.
The cut-and-assembled forms give the face an industrial, signage-oriented character with a distinctly retro-futurist edge. It feels bold, engineered, and graphic—more about impact and pattern than traditional readability—evoking stenciled lettering, exhibition graphics, and utilitarian markings.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a geometric sans through a stencil/cutout system, emphasizing bold silhouette, modular structure, and striking negative-space accents. Its goal is to deliver immediate visual impact and a distinctive, engineered texture in display typography.
The recurring internal gaps create a consistent visual motif that reads as both decoration and structural logic, turning words into bold shape compositions. In running text, the dense strokes and frequent interruptions can make similar shapes converge, so spacing and size become important for clarity.