Sans Other Ismur 5 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, children’s, comics, packaging, playful, quirky, handmade, cartoony, bouncy, expressive display, handmade feel, quirky impact, compact headlines, irregular, condensed, chunky, soft corners, wonky.
A condensed, heavy sans with an intentionally irregular, hand-cut look. Strokes are thick and fairly uniform, with rounded-to-blunt terminals and subtly shifting widths that create a lively, uneven rhythm. Curves are slightly squashed and asymmetric, counters are compact, and many forms lean on simple geometric construction softened by wobble. The overall spacing and proportions feel intentionally inconsistent, giving the alphabet a jittery, animated texture while remaining clearly legible at display sizes.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as headlines, posters, covers, labels, and playful packaging where texture and personality matter more than typographic neutrality. It can also work well for children’s materials, informal branding, and comic-style captions, especially at medium-to-large sizes where the quirky details read clearly.
The tone is playful and mischievous, with a friendly cartoon energy that feels casual and handmade rather than engineered. Its uneven cadence suggests humor, spontaneity, and a bit of offbeat charm—more like marker lettering or cut-paper title cards than a polished corporate sans.
Likely designed to deliver a compact, high-impact sans voice with a deliberately handmade irregularity. The condensed proportions support tight headline setting, while the wobble and softened geometry add character for expressive display typography.
The face maintains a consistent condensed footprint across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, but individual glyphs vary in stance and internal shape, reinforcing the hand-drawn effect. Round characters (O, Q, 0, 8, 9) are notably narrow and vertically emphasized, while diagonals (A, V, W, X, Y) read as sharp, simplified wedges that add snap to headlines.