Sans Contrasted Kivi 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, ui display, futuristic, tech, modular, industrial, sci-fi, sci-fi branding, interface feel, space-saving, impactful display, modular styling, rounded, monolinear, geometric, squared, compressed.
A compact, squared sans with rounded outer corners and prominent horizontal terminals. Strokes show clear thick–thin shifts, with heavier bowls and bars paired to slimmer verticals, creating a mechanical rhythm. Counters are tight and often rectangular, and many joins feel modular, as if built from repeated parts. The lowercase is notably small relative to the caps, with short ascenders/descenders and a disciplined, engineered texture in text.
Best suited for display typography where a strong, tech-forward voice is desired—headlines, branding marks, game titles, posters, and product/packaging labels. It can work for UI or wayfinding-style display at larger sizes, but the tight counters and contrast suggest avoiding very small text where clarity may soften.
The overall tone is futuristic and utilitarian, evoking interfaces, instrumentation, and retro-tech design. Its rigid geometry and controlled curves read as purposeful and engineered rather than friendly or calligraphic. The contrast and compact spacing add a sharp, high-impact presence with a slightly arcade or spaceship-console feel.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, futuristic sans with a modular construction and a distinctive contrasted rhythm. It prioritizes visual identity and a mechanical texture over neutral readability, aiming for bold, engineered character in short bursts of text.
Several forms emphasize horizontal layering (e.g., E/F-like bars, S-like top/bottom slabs), and punctuation-like details are minimal in the shown set. The numerals follow the same squared, rounded-corner logic, keeping a consistent industrial voice across letters and figures.