Sans Contrasted Sefu 5 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, book covers, playful, quirky, retro, friendly, hand-cut, expressive display, retro tone, handcrafted feel, brand distinctiveness, angular, rounded, chiseled, lively, expressive.
A lively sans with sharply cut terminals and intermittent flare, giving strokes a subtly chiseled, calligraphic feel. Curves are generally rounded and generous, but many joins and endings resolve into pointed wedges or clipped angles, creating a rhythmic mix of soft bowls and crisp tips. Proportions are slightly irregular in a deliberate way, with compact counters and a bouncy baseline impression in text. Numerals are bold and graphic, with simplified shapes and angled cuts that match the letterforms’ terminal logic.
Best suited to display settings where personality is an asset—headlines, posters, brand marks, packaging, and short editorial callouts. It can work for brief passages at comfortable sizes, where the angular terminals and lively rhythm read as intentional texture rather than noise.
The overall tone is playful and characterful, with a retro, handcrafted personality that feels closer to cut-paper signage than neutral UI typography. Its sharp terminals add bite and energy, while the rounded bowls keep it approachable. In paragraphs it reads as spirited and informal rather than strictly functional.
The design appears intended to deliver a distinctive, handcrafted sans voice by combining rounded construction with sharp, wedge-like terminals and modest stroke modulation. It aims for immediate recognizability and a playful retro energy, prioritizing character and rhythm for display-led typography.
Uppercase forms emphasize geometric clarity with distinctive angled terminals, while the lowercase introduces more idiosyncratic gestures (notably in the hooked and angled endings), increasing the handmade flavor in running text. The consistent terminal treatment ties the set together and produces a recognizable texture even at larger sizes.