Sans Other Hivo 5 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, reverse italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, kids media, playful, retro, quirky, informal, comic, display impact, retro flavor, quirky personality, motion energy, headline voice, slanted, wedge terminals, soft corners, bouncy baseline, lively.
A heavy, slanted display sans with rounded, softly swelling strokes and frequent wedge-like terminals that give many letters a cut, chiseled finish. The forms feel intentionally irregular: widths vary noticeably, counters tend to be tight, and several glyphs show angled “notches” or spur-like cuts that break up otherwise smooth curves. Lowercase proportions read compact with a relatively small x-height and short ascenders, while capitals look broad and assertive; overall spacing and rhythm create a tumbling, animated texture in words. Numerals follow the same chunky, curved construction, with prominent angled endings that reinforce the font’s dynamic silhouette.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications such as posters, event titles, product packaging, playful branding, and attention-grabbing headers. It can also work well for kids-oriented materials, humorous editorial callouts, and retro-themed graphics where a lively, characterful texture is desirable.
The tone is upbeat and mischievous, with a vintage cartoon or hand-cut sign sensibility. Its reverse-leaning slant and bouncy shapes create a sense of motion and personality, making text feel informal, energetic, and a bit off-kilter in a deliberate way.
The design appears aimed at delivering a distinctive, animated display voice by combining heavy construction with a reverse slant and intentionally idiosyncratic widths. The repeated angled cuts and wedge terminals suggest an intention to mimic a hand-cut or stylized sign aesthetic while staying within a simplified sans framework.
Diagonal slicing appears repeatedly at stroke ends and joins, producing a distinctive shadowless “cut-out” look without adding true contrast. In longer lines the lively rhythm is highly attention-grabbing, but the dense interiors and irregular widths make it read best at display sizes rather than small text.