Sans Other Dabos 10 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, kids, headlines, signage, playful, quirky, handmade, friendly, offbeat, expressiveness, informality, playfulness, handmade feel, bouncy, rounded, wonky, chunky, cartoonish.
A lively sans with chunky strokes and softly rounded terminals, drawn with intentional irregularity. The outlines feel hand-shaped rather than mechanically precise, with subtly wavy verticals, uneven curves, and slight angle shifts that create a bouncy rhythm. Counters are generally open and round, and the lowercase forms are compact with a prominent x-height relative to ascenders. Overall proportions vary from glyph to glyph, producing an animated, cut-paper or marker-like texture in words and headlines.
Best suited to display contexts where personality matters: posters, playful branding, packaging, event titles, and short headlines. It can also work for signage and social graphics when a friendly, handcrafted tone is desired, but the busy texture may feel heavy for long-form reading at small sizes.
The font reads cheerful and mischievous, with a casual, handmade personality that suggests humor and approachability. Its wobble and unevenness add warmth and spontaneity, giving text an energetic, informal tone rather than a corporate or technical one.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, approachable sans voice with deliberate imperfections, trading strict geometric consistency for charm and motion. Its irregular widths and subtly warped strokes aim to make text feel human and expressive while staying clearly legible in larger sizes.
In text settings the dark color and irregular contours create a strong, attention-grabbing texture, with noticeable shape variety between letters that reinforces the handcrafted feel. Numerals match the same chunky, rounded construction and remain clear at display sizes.