Sans Contrasted Hymo 5 is a very bold, very wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, sports, assertive, retro, industrial, sporty, posterish, attention grabbing, distinctive display, graphic impact, retro flavor, flared terminals, ink traps, notched joints, rounded counters, wedge cuts.
A heavy, display-oriented sans with pronounced contrast and compact internal counters. Strokes alternate between thick vertical masses and sharply tapered hairline cuts, creating notched joints and wedge-like intersections, especially in diagonals and joins. Many forms use rounded, almost capsule-shaped counters and squared outer silhouettes, with occasional flared terminals and small horizontal spur-like endings. Curves are controlled and geometric, while the thin strokes often appear as crisp slices rather than continuous lines, producing a cut-out, stencil-adjacent texture without fully breaking characters apart.
Best suited to large sizes where the contrast and cut-in details can be appreciated—headlines, posters, logos, labels, and packaging. It also fits sports, entertainment, and promotional graphics where impact and a distinctive silhouette matter more than quiet readability in long passages.
The overall tone is forceful and attention-grabbing, combining a retro advertisement feel with a tough, engineered sensibility. Its sharp cut-ins and dense black shapes read as confident and slightly theatrical, suited to messaging that wants to feel bold, punchy, and stylized rather than neutral.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a recognizable, stylized construction: dense black letterforms shaped by deliberate hairline incisions and flared endings to create a dramatic, modernized-retro display voice.
In running text the rhythm is strongly driven by thick verticals and narrow apertures, so spacing and word shapes can feel blocky and patterned. The design’s signature comes from the recurring thin, blade-like strokes and corner notches, which give even simple letters a distinctive, crafted look.