Sans Other Tiho 1 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, branding, packaging, art deco, industrial, retro, condensed, architectural, display impact, deco revival, space saving, sign lettering, graphic branding, geometric, rectilinear, monolinear feel, angular, squared.
A tightly condensed, tall sans with a strongly rectilinear construction. Strokes are predominantly vertical with crisp right-angle turns, and counters tend to be narrow and boxy, giving the letters a stacked, architectural silhouette. Many forms show abrupt terminals and minimal curvature, while diagonals appear sparingly and kept sharp, maintaining a consistent mechanical rhythm across caps, lowercase, and numerals. Overall spacing is compact, with a narrow footprint and a clear emphasis on verticality and straight-sided geometry.
This face is well suited to display contexts such as posters, editorial headlines, signage, packaging, and brand marks that benefit from a tall, space-saving word shape. It can also work for short UI labels or section headers when a compact, architectural look is desired, but it is less ideal for long body text due to its narrow apertures and compressed spacing.
The font projects an Art Deco–leaning, industrial mood: sleek, stylized, and slightly theatrical. Its rigid geometry and compressed proportions evoke signage, machinery labels, and classic poster titling, creating a confident, no-nonsense tone with a retro edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a distinctive condensed voice built from strict, straight-edged forms, prioritizing graphic impact and a vintage-modern sign-lettering feel. Its consistent vertical stress and squared construction suggest a deliberate move toward an engineered, Deco-inspired aesthetic for attention-grabbing titling.
The design’s legibility relies on its simplified, squared bowls and restrained curves, which read best at larger sizes where the narrow counters and condensed spacing can breathe. Numerals and uppercase forms feel especially display-oriented, reinforcing a utilitarian yet stylized character.