Sans Other Kyby 10 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, book covers, event flyers, playful, offbeat, handmade, retro, quirky, attention, personality, compact impact, novelty, irregular, compressed, spiky, angular, wobbly.
A condensed, all-caps-forward sans with a handmade, slightly unstable construction and chunky, low-contrast strokes. Stems and bowls show gentle waviness and small angular kinks, giving the outlines a cut-paper or brush-carved feel rather than geometric precision. Curves are simplified and often narrowed, counters run tight, and terminals tend to finish bluntly with occasional pointed accents. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing a lively rhythm that reads more like expressive lettering than a strictly engineered text face.
Best suited to display roles such as posters, headlines, packaging, book covers, and event flyers where a quirky, handmade texture can carry the message. It can also work for short brand phrases, labels, or social graphics, especially when paired with a calmer companion font for supporting text.
The overall tone is mischievous and theatrical, with a playful irregularity that suggests humor, camp, and spooky-season energy without becoming overtly ornate. Its compressed stance and edgy corners give it a punchy, attention-grabbing voice that feels informal and characterful.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact display voice with a deliberately imperfect, hand-drawn silhouette. By combining narrow proportions with uneven contours and blunt terminals, it aims to feel bold and attention-grabbing while retaining an approachable, playful character.
Numerals echo the same condensed, slightly jagged drawing, helping headlines stay cohesive in mixed alphanumeric settings. In longer samples, the texture is intentionally uneven, so it works best when that handcrafted variability is part of the desired personality.