Sans Other Kedem 2 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, logos, game ui, packaging, medieval, gothic, hand-forged, storybook, mystical, fantasy branding, period flavor, display impact, signage feel, angular, faceted, chiseled, monoline, compact.
This typeface uses compact, upright forms built from mostly uniform strokes and pronounced angular joins. Terminals are typically cut on diagonals or finished with small spur-like nicks, giving many letters a faceted, chiseled silhouette rather than smooth curves. Counters are tight and often polygonal, with rounded shapes (like O and Q) rendered as squared-off, arched constructions. The rhythm is slightly irregular due to varied internal angles and asymmetric details, but the overall spacing and stroke consistency keep it readable at display sizes.
Best suited to titles, posters, and logo wordmarks where its angular construction can be appreciated at larger sizes. It can also work well for game UI headings, fantasy branding, or themed packaging and labels. For longer passages, it’s more effective for short bursts (headlines, pull quotes) than dense text.
The overall tone feels medieval and crafted, as if drawn with a knife edge or cut from metal. Its sharp corners and notched terminals evoke fantasy world-building, old tavern signage, and game UI lettering more than contemporary neutrality. The impression is bold and characterful without relying on heavy stroke contrast.
The design appears intended to deliver a modernized blackletter/medieval flavor within a sans-like, monoline framework. By emphasizing cut corners, notched terminals, and polygonal curves, it creates a distinctive historical-fantasy voice while maintaining straightforward letter skeletons for quick recognition.
The uppercase set carries the strongest personality, with distinctive angular bowls and stepped diagonals, while the lowercase stays relatively straightforward but keeps the same cut-corner logic. Numerals follow the same faceted construction, with open, angular forms that read clearly in short strings.