Sans Other Tigy 10 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, album art, quirky, hand-drawn, playful, angular, retro, expressiveness, informality, distinctiveness, retro flavor, monolinear, sketchy, irregular, boxy, spiky.
This font uses monolinear strokes built from straight, angular segments, producing a boxy, faceted silhouette across letters and numerals. Terminals are blunt and corners are often slightly uneven, creating a deliberately imperfect, hand-rendered rhythm rather than geometric precision. Bowls and counters tend toward squarish shapes, with occasional open or notched joins and mild baseline/width irregularities that add a jittery texture in text. Overall spacing reads a bit loose and the character widths vary noticeably, reinforcing its handmade construction.
Best suited for display use such as posters, headlines, and logo/brand accents where its angular hand-drawn personality can be a feature. It can also work well on packaging, album art, and event graphics that benefit from a quirky, crafted texture, while longer passages are likely clearer at larger sizes with generous spacing.
The tone is quirky and playful, with an energetic, doodled feel that suggests informality and character. Its angular, almost cut-paper geometry can also read as retro-tech or game-like, giving headlines a distinctive, offbeat personality.
The design appears intended to capture a hand-built, sketchy sans aesthetic—favoring expressive irregularity and angular construction over strict typographic refinement. It aims to deliver a distinctive, characterful voice that stands out quickly in short phrases and titles.
In continuous text, the irregular angles and variable widths create a lively pattern but can also introduce visual noise at small sizes. The numerals and capitals share the same squared, improvised construction, helping maintain a consistent voice across display settings.