Sans Other Kyby 9 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, event flyers, logotypes, quirky, playful, hand-cut, retro, offbeat, expressive display, handmade feel, poster impact, retro flavor, condensed, irregular, angular, wedge-cut, high-waisted.
A condensed, heavy sans with irregular, hand-cut geometry and a lightly wavering vertical rhythm. Strokes are broadly uniform, with corners and terminals often finished as angled wedges or faceted cuts rather than smooth curves. Counters tend to be compact and slightly pinched, while many glyphs show subtle asymmetry and uneven sidebearings that create a lively, “cut from paper” texture. The lowercase is compact with a simple single-storey a and g, and figures are tall and narrow with similarly chiseled terminals.
Best suited to display settings where personality is the priority—posters, event and festival collateral, packaging fronts, and punchy editorial headlines. It can also work for short logotypes or wordmarks that benefit from a condensed footprint and an intentionally handcrafted feel.
The overall tone is quirky and theatrical, with a mischievous, vintage-poster energy. Its slightly wonky construction reads as human and expressive rather than mechanical, giving headlines a playful, offbeat personality.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, condensed display voice with a handmade, cut-letter look. Its controlled consistency paired with purposeful irregularity suggests a focus on characterful impact and retro-styled expressiveness rather than neutral text setting.
The face maintains a consistent condensed silhouette, but deliberate irregularities in curves and joins create a jittery texture in longer lines. Diagonals and curved letters (like S, C, and G) show faceted shaping that reinforces the hand-cut aesthetic, while the ampersand and numerals echo the same wedge-terminal language.