Sans Contrasted Ragub 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, playful, chunky, retro, friendly, loud, high impact, brand character, retro display, texture control, playful tone, soft-cornered, blocky, stencil-like, high-impact, rounded.
A heavy, compact sans with broad proportions, rounded outside corners, and deep ink traps that create frequent cut-in notches at joins and curves. Stroke endings are mostly blunt and squared off, while bowls and counters stay generous and open for the weight. Several glyphs show deliberate “bite” cutouts—especially around curves and terminals—producing a slightly stencil-like, carved rhythm. Lowercase forms are large and sturdy, with short ascenders/descenders relative to the body, and overall spacing reads tight and punchy.
Best suited to display settings where its weight and cut-in details can be appreciated: posters, oversized headlines, bold branding marks, packaging, and attention-grabbing signage. It will be most legible and characteristic at medium-to-large sizes, where the counters and ink-trap-like notches stay clear.
The tone is bold and jovial, with a distinctly retro, poster-ready presence. The carved notches add a quirky, handmade-meets-industrial flavor that feels energetic and a bit mischievous rather than neutral or corporate.
The letterforms appear designed to maximize impact while maintaining friendly, rounded geometry, using consistent carved notches to add character and prevent dark clumping in heavy strokes. The overall intention reads as a contemporary display sans with a playful retro twist and a distinctive texture for branding.
The design’s signature is the repeated internal cutout motif, which becomes more noticeable as sizes increase and can create busy texture in dense text. The numerals match the same chunky structure and notch behavior, keeping the set visually consistent for display typography.