Sans Other Dagak 5 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids media, stickers, playful, quirky, cartoonish, hand-cut, retro, playful display, handmade feel, retro novelty, bold impact, chunky, bouncy, irregular, asymmetric, soft-cornered.
A heavy, compact sans with an intentionally uneven silhouette and subtly shifting widths from glyph to glyph. Strokes are thick and mostly monolinear, with gently rounded corners and occasional angled terminals that feel cut or shaved rather than mechanically drawn. Curves are full and slightly lumpy, counters are tight but clear, and the overall rhythm is lively due to small baseline and sidebearing inconsistencies. Numerals and capitals share the same bold, compressed build, keeping a strong, poster-like color on the page.
Best suited to short, bold settings where personality is the priority—posters, headlines, product packaging, event promos, and playful branding. It can work in kids-oriented or lighthearted editorial applications, but is less appropriate for dense body copy where its irregular rhythm may become tiring.
The tone is energetic and humorous, like handmade signage or a cartoon title card. Its irregularities read as friendly and spontaneous rather than distressed, giving it a casual, approachable personality with a retro novelty feel.
This font appears designed to deliver a loud, fun display voice with a deliberately imperfect, hand-cut sensibility. The goal seems to be strong impact at larger sizes while maintaining an informal, characterful texture across both uppercase and lowercase.
The design relies on silhouette character more than internal detail: many joins and terminals are simplified, and several letters lean on asymmetric shaping to create motion. In longer text, the varied widths and bouncy forms become a prominent texture, so spacing and line length will strongly affect legibility.