Sans Other Urvy 15 is a light, very narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, retro, futuristic, minimal, technical, art-deco, space-saving, distinctive display, geometric styling, signage feel, condensed, geometric, rounded corners, high contrast spacing, tall proportions.
This typeface is built from tall, condensed letterforms drawn with a consistent single-line stroke. Curves are squared-off into rounded-rectangle turns, giving bowls and shoulders a softly rectilinear geometry. Counters are narrow and vertical, and many joins resolve into crisp right angles rather than flowing transitions. The overall rhythm is airy despite the tight widths, with clean interior spacing and straightforward punctuation and numerals that follow the same rounded-corner construction.
Best suited to short to medium-length display settings such as posters, titling, branding marks, packaging labels, and wayfinding or environmental graphics where a sleek, condensed look helps fit more characters into limited space. It can also work for UI or data labeling when a distinctive, technical tone is desired and sizes are large enough to preserve the narrow counters.
The narrow, upright silhouettes and rounded-rectilinear curves evoke a retro-futurist, display-oriented tone—part Art Deco, part technical signage. It feels precise and streamlined, with a quiet eccentricity coming from the squared curves and elongated proportions.
The design appears intended to deliver a streamlined, space-saving sans with a distinctive rounded-rectilinear skeleton, prioritizing a cohesive, geometric personality for display typography.
Capital forms read especially architectural, while the lowercase retains the same condensed stance and minimal modulation, keeping the texture even across lines. Numerals are similarly tall and compact, suited to situations where a consistent, engineered look is preferred over conventional text warmth.