Sans Contrasted Ulvy 14 is a bold, very wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, album covers, retro, playful, futuristic, groovy, chunky, display impact, distinctive texture, retro revival, brand voice, rounded, inky, bulbous, soft corners, cut-ins.
A heavy, display-oriented sans with broad proportions and pronounced internal cut-ins that create a carved, almost stencil-like rhythm within the strokes. Forms are built from rounded rectangles and smooth curves, with softened terminals and consistent, generous counters. The stroke modulation reads as deliberate, with thicker outer masses and lighter inner channels that give letters a sculpted, dimensional feel. Overall spacing is open for such dense shapes, helping the wide silhouettes stay readable in short bursts.
Best suited to headlines and short statements where the sculpted counters and wide stance can read clearly, such as posters, packaging, branding marks, and entertainment or event graphics. It can work for subheads or short blocks of text when set with ample size and spacing, but its strong internal pattern is most effective when used as a focal display face.
The design projects a groovy, retro-modern attitude—part 1970s poster lettering, part playful sci‑fi. Its chunky shapes and distinctive notches make it feel expressive and characterful rather than neutral, lending an upbeat, slightly theatrical tone to headlines.
The letterforms appear designed to deliver maximum personality and visual punch through wide proportions, rounded geometry, and a signature carved-in contrast. The goal seems to be a distinctive display sans that creates a memorable texture across a word, prioritizing style and impact for titles and branding.
Several glyphs emphasize verticality through tall, rounded stems and deep interior scoops, producing a strong black-and-white pattern at text sizes. The numerals and capitals maintain the same carved logic as the lowercase, supporting cohesive titling and numbering. In longer lines the repeated cut-in motif becomes a defining texture, so it performs best where that pattern is intended as a graphic element.