Sans Other Gilu 2 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, stickers, playful, chunky, quirky, friendly, retro, attention grabbing, playful display, handmade feel, retro pop, soft corners, bulbous, irregular rhythm, compact apertures, high impact.
A heavy, soft-edged sans with broadly rounded geometry and an intentionally uneven internal rhythm. Strokes are thick and largely monolinear, with tight apertures and small counters that read as punched-out shapes. Several letters show subtle notches, flattened joins, and slightly asymmetric curves that create a handmade, cutout-like texture rather than a strictly engineered construction. Terminals are blunt and the overall silhouette stays compact and dense, producing strong color in text settings.
Best suited to display applications where impact and personality are priorities—posters, bold headlines, packaging, playful branding, and logo wordmarks. It can work in short bursts of text for graphic emphasis, but long passages will read as intentionally dense and stylized.
The tone is bold and humorous, with a cartoony, slightly mischievous personality. Its rounded massing and quirky details make it feel friendly and approachable, while the dense letterforms keep it assertive and attention-grabbing. The overall impression leans retro and pop-oriented rather than corporate or minimalist.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a soft, friendly silhouette, using small counters and quirky notches to create a distinctive, handcrafted feel. It prioritizes character and bold visual texture over neutral continuity, aiming for memorable display typography.
In the sample text, the tight counters and compact apertures become more prominent, giving paragraphs a dark, poster-like texture. The irregularities that add character at display sizes can also introduce a deliberately bouncy rhythm across words, so spacing and size choice will strongly influence readability.