Sans Normal Mibu 10 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, children’s, branding, playful, chunky, retro, friendly, punchy, attention, warmth, humor, display, soft corners, round counters, cartoony, irregular, bulky.
A heavy, soft-edged sans with rounded bowls and thick, compact strokes that create a dense silhouette. Curves are smooth and generous, while many joins and terminals show subtle, intentional irregularities—slight shears, notches, and uneven flare that give the forms a cut-paper, hand-shaped feel rather than strict geometric precision. Counters stay relatively open for the weight, with circular dots and rounded interior spaces that keep letters from clogging. Overall spacing reads tight and solid, with a strong blocky rhythm across both uppercase and lowercase.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, packaging, and attention-grabbing branding. It also fits playful editorial callouts and kid-oriented or entertainment contexts where a friendly, cartoon-leaning voice is desirable; it is less suited to long-form reading at small sizes due to its dense weight and tight texture.
The tone is bold and approachable, with a comedic, retro display energy. Its slightly wonky construction adds warmth and personality, reading more like a playful headline voice than a formal or technical one.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a friendly, rounded display voice, combining sturdy, block-like letterforms with deliberate irregularities to feel handmade and characterful rather than strictly geometric.
Uppercase forms lean toward broad, poster-like shapes, while the lowercase keeps large, simple bowls and short extenders, emphasizing a compact, bouncy texture in text. Numerals match the same chunky, rounded construction for consistent impact in mixed copy.