Sans Other Nowa 8 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, logos, playful, punchy, retro, friendly, cartoon, impact, playfulness, approachability, retro display, brand presence, rounded, chunky, soft corners, bubbly, compact counters.
A heavy, rounded sans with chunky strokes and softly beveled terminals that create a slightly cut-out, sculpted look. Curves are broad and smooth, while joins and ends often show subtle angles, giving the shapes a hand-cut, poster-like character rather than a purely geometric feel. Counters are generally small and tightly contained (notably in O, P, R, a, e), and the overall rhythm is dense and compact, with sturdy verticals and simplified forms that stay highly legible at display sizes.
Best suited to display typography where impact and personality matter—posters, headlines, packaging, and brand marks that need a friendly, bold voice. It can work in short bursts of text (taglines, labels), but the dense weight and compact counters suggest using generous size and spacing for maximum clarity.
The tone is bold and upbeat, leaning toward a retro sign-painting and cartoon-title sensibility. Its soft, inflated shapes read friendly and approachable, while the weight and compact counters add a confident, attention-grabbing presence.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum visual impact with a warm, playful character—combining rounded, approachable shapes with a slightly chiseled finish to stand out in branding and attention-led layouts.
The design favors simplified, sturdy constructions: diagonals are thick and stable (V/W/X), the lowercase a is single-storey, and the g is single-storey with an open, rounded bowl. Numerals follow the same chunky, rounded logic, with strong silhouettes intended to hold up in large headlines and short phrases.