Sans Normal Bemes 15 is a bold, very narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, branding, packaging, condensed, industrial, retro, bold, utilitarian, space-saving, high impact, clarity, display use, strong rhythm, clean, geometric, compact, high-contrast spacing, punchy.
A compact, condensed sans with sturdy strokes and a largely even weight throughout. Curves are rounded and smooth, with squared-off terminals that keep the texture crisp. The design is tall and narrow with tight counters and a steady vertical rhythm; round letters like O and Q read as narrow ellipses, while diagonals (V, W, X, Y) are sharp and assertive. Lowercase forms are simple and compact with a modest x-height relative to tall ascenders/descenders, producing a stacked, vertical feel in text.
Well-suited to headlines and display settings where a compact footprint is needed without losing weight or presence. It also fits signage, labels, and packaging that benefit from tall, narrow letterforms and a strong, uniform typographic color.
The overall tone is bold and functional, with a slightly retro, industrial flavor driven by its condensed proportions and firm, no-nonsense shapes. It feels direct and attention-grabbing, favoring impact and economy of space over softness or elegance.
The font appears designed to deliver high impact in limited horizontal space, using condensed proportions and simplified, even-weight construction to stay bold, legible, and consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and figures.
In the sample text, the condensed width creates a strong columnar color and makes long lines feel dense. The numerals and uppercase maintain consistent presence, supporting signage-like clarity at larger sizes, while the tight internal spaces suggest more care may be needed at very small sizes or in low-contrast reproduction.