Sans Other Bidos 8 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, children’s, stickers, playful, quirky, handmade, friendly, retro, expressiveness, handmade feel, approachability, novelty, bouncy, wobbly, chunky, cartoonish, irregular.
A compact, heavy sans with deliberately irregular construction and a lively, wavy baseline feel. Strokes are thick and largely even, with rounded joins and softened corners that keep the forms friendly despite the weight. Many glyphs show slight skewing, uneven widths, and off-center counters that create a hand-cut, cut-paper impression rather than strict geometric precision. The lowercase has a small x-height relative to the tall ascenders, and the overall rhythm is tight with punchy, dark word shapes.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, splashy headlines, playful packaging, and youth-oriented branding. It can work for labels, invitations, or social graphics where a handcrafted, humorous tone is desired. For extended reading, it performs better in brief phrases or pull quotes than in dense paragraphs.
The font reads as upbeat and informal, with a mischievous, whimsical tone. Its uneven silhouettes and bouncy texture suggest a handcrafted, cartoon-like personality that feels approachable and a bit eccentric. The overall color is loud and energetic, better suited to expressive messaging than neutral editorial voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, characterful sans that feels hand-drawn or hand-cut, prioritizing personality and immediacy over strict typographic regularity. Its irregular contours and animated rhythm are tuned to create a distinctive voice at display sizes.
Distinctive details include chunky diagonals in letters like K, V, W, X and a notably playful, irregular ‘s’. The numerals are bold and simple with the same handmade wobble, producing strong spot color in short strings. In longer text, the lively irregularities become a defining texture, so generous tracking and line spacing can help maintain clarity.