Sans Other Apla 5 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, comics, event flyers, playful, hand-cut, quirky, cartoon, diy texture, playful display, hand-cut feel, attention grabbing, chunky, irregular, choppy, rough, dynamic.
A chunky, heavy sans with hand-cut irregularity and uneven contours. Strokes are broadly monolinear, but edges wobble and shear as if cut from paper, producing jagged notches, tapered corners, and occasional spur-like nicks. Counters are generally open and round, while verticals and diagonals vary slightly in angle and width, giving the alphabet a lively, non-uniform rhythm. Spacing feels intentionally loose and elastic, with glyphs showing subtle left-right sway and inconsistent sidebearings that emphasize a handmade texture.
Best suited to short-form display use such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and playful branding where texture and personality are desired. It works well for comics, children’s materials, event flyers, and social graphics, especially at medium-to-large sizes where the rough contours become a feature rather than visual noise.
The overall tone is playful and mischievous, with a scrappy DIY energy that reads as comic, kid-friendly, and slightly chaotic. The rough, torn-edge silhouette adds a tactile, crafty feel that can suggest zines, cutout collage, or lighthearted “monster” lettering without becoming ornate.
The design appears intended to provide a bold sans foundation with a deliberately handmade, cut-and-paste character. Its primary goal is impact and charm—delivering high visibility while injecting informal, crafty irregularity into otherwise simple letterforms.
The numerals and capitals maintain the same cutout silhouette logic, with especially bold, attention-grabbing shapes and simplified interior forms. In text settings, the irregular edges create a strong texture that reads well at larger sizes, while the bouncy baseline and shifting widths become more apparent as the point size decreases.