Sans Other Jabiv 12 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, packaging, posters, headlines, branding, playful, whimsical, storybook, friendly, vintage, add personality, friendly reading, playful display, quirky branding, soft terminals, rounded joins, spurlike strokes, humanist, quirky.
This typeface uses sturdy, low-contrast strokes with softly swelling curves and slightly flared, spurlike terminals that read more like gentle hooks than sharp serifs. Letterforms are generally open and rounded, with a humanist rhythm and small irregularities in stroke endings that create a hand-shaped impression while remaining consistent across the set. The lowercase shows a single-storey a and g, a round i/j dot rendered as a diamond, and a lively, looped treatment in letters like k, y, and w that adds motion. Figures are robust and clear, with rounded bowls and subtle flicks on some terminals, keeping a consistent color in text.
It suits display and short-to-medium text where a friendly, whimsical texture is desirable—children’s publishing, playful branding, packaging, café menus, and posters. It can work for body copy at comfortable sizes, especially when the goal is a warm, characterful reading experience rather than strict neutrality.
The overall tone is warm and characterful, suggesting a playful, storybook personality rather than a neutral corporate voice. Its quirky terminals and bouncy rhythm give it a friendly, slightly old-fashioned charm that feels approachable and informal.
The design appears intended to provide a readable sans foundation infused with decorative terminal gestures, delivering a distinctive voice without relying on high contrast or delicate details. It aims to feel handcrafted and personable while staying coherent and sturdy across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
The caps are clean and stable, while the lowercase introduces more personality through hooked descenders and curved joins, creating a noticeable (but not chaotic) contrast between headline presence and text texture. In continuous text, the distinctive terminal shapes and diamond punctuation add recognizable flavor, so spacing and line breaks should be given a bit of room to let the forms breathe.