Sans Contrasted Kiby 12 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, titles, retro, space-age, playful, display, quirky, attention, novelty, sci-fi, signage, branding, stencil cuts, inline breaks, geometric, rounded, monoline feel.
A geometric, rounded sans with dramatic internal cut-ins that create a horizontal “band” or stencil-like break through many bowls and counters. Strokes alternate between heavy masses and razor-thin connections, producing a crisp, high-contrast rhythm that reads as sculpted rather than calligraphic. Curves are smooth and circular, terminals tend toward blunt or squared endings, and several lowercase forms use tall, narrow stems with compact bowls, giving the line a lively, uneven texture. Numerals and caps are assertive and simplified, with the same signature midline interruptions appearing consistently across rounded characters.
Best suited to short-form display settings such as headlines, poster typography, title cards, and brand marks where the cutaway motif can be appreciated at larger sizes. It can also work for packaging or event graphics that benefit from a retro-futurist, graphic voice, but is less appropriate for dense body text.
The overall tone is futuristic and retro at once, evoking mid-century sci‑fi titling and pop signage. Its playful cutaway construction adds a quirky, optical feel that suggests motion and novelty rather than neutrality.
The font appears designed to deliver a highly recognizable, stylized sans voice by combining simple geometric construction with consistent mid-stroke cutouts, creating an optical, stencil-like signature for attention-grabbing display typography.
The distinctive horizontal breaks can reduce legibility in long passages, especially where counters are shallow or strokes become extremely thin at joins. The design’s identity is strongest in rounded letters (O/Q/e/g/6/8/9), where the banding reads as a deliberate motif.