Sans Normal Wiban 13 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Artegra Sans' by Artegra, 'Aspira' by Durotype, 'El Grosa' by Fateh.Lab, 'Heavitas Neue' by Graphite, and 'URW Form' by URW Type Foundry (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, children’s media, playful, handmade, friendly, rugged, casual, handmade feel, tactile texture, bold impact, casual tone, rounded, blobby, chunky, textured, organic.
A chunky, rounded sans with heavy, softly squared forms and visibly uneven edges that suggest hand-cut or stamped construction. Counters are compact and apertures tend to be small, giving the face a dense, poster-like color. Stroke endings are blunt and slightly irregular, and curves show subtle wobble and flattening rather than perfect geometry. Overall spacing feels open enough for display use, while the rough contouring adds a tactile texture across lines of text.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, and social graphics where its rough, friendly personality can lead. It can work for brief blurbs or captions when sizes are generous, but the compact counters and textured edges favor display settings over small-body, information-dense typography.
The font conveys a playful, approachable tone with a homemade, slightly messy charm. Its roughened silhouette and bulbous proportions read as informal and energetic, leaning toward craft, street-market, or DIY aesthetics rather than polished corporate neutrality.
The design appears intended to emulate a hand-made, stamped or cut-letter look in a bold, rounded sans framework, prioritizing personality and tactile presence over precision. Its goal is to deliver immediate, approachable impact with a deliberately imperfect finish.
The texture appears baked into the letterforms (not just inking), producing consistent edge roughness across capitals, lowercase, and numerals. Round glyphs like O/0 and bowl shapes maintain strong internal weight, while diagonals (V/W/X) keep a bold, chunky stance that enhances impact at larger sizes.