Sans Contrasted Issi 4 is a very bold, very wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, branding, retro, playful, chunky, posterish, whimsical, impact, personality, retro flair, display readability, rounded, bulbous, blocky, ink-trap, soft corners.
A heavy, expanded display sans with sculpted, high-contrast forms and prominent rounded bowls. Strokes alternate between thick slabs and sharply thinned connections, creating a carved, almost cut-out feel in joints and diagonals. Curves are generous and bulbous, counters are compact, and terminals tend to be blunt with occasional pointed or wedge-like junctions. Overall proportions read wide and low, with a steady baseline and a bold, graphic silhouette that favors impact over fine detail.
Best used at large sizes where its sculpted contrast and compact counters can be appreciated without clogging. It works well for posters, title cards, packaging, and brand marks that need a bold, retro-leaning voice, and it can add personality to short pull quotes or display-only UI moments.
The letterforms evoke a mid-century, sign-painting-and-advertising sensibility: confident, friendly, and slightly mischievous. Its exaggerated weight and swelling curves give it a fun, theatrical tone suited to attention-grabbing headlines.
This font appears designed as a maximal, high-impact display face that combines wide geometry with stylized thinning at joins to create a distinctive, vintage-tinged texture. The goal is strong shelf presence and memorable word shapes rather than neutral text readability.
Several capitals show distinctive triangular notches and tapering joins (notably in diagonals and vertex shapes), adding a stylized rhythm across words. The numerals are equally chunky and characterful, with tight apertures that reinforce the dense, poster-ready color on the page.