Sans Other Islog 7 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, children’s, packaging, stickers, playful, handmade, quirky, friendly, casual, add personality, handmade feel, youthful tone, informal display, bouncy, irregular, rounded, soft, cartoonish.
A compact, heavy sans with an intentionally irregular, hand-drawn construction. Strokes are thick and mostly monolinear, with gently rounded corners and slightly wobbly verticals that create a lively rhythm. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with uneven widths and subtle tilts in terminals and joins; counters are generally open and simplified, keeping forms clear despite the chunky weight. The lowercase shows a small x-height relative to tall ascenders and descenders, reinforcing a narrow, vertical feel while maintaining a soft, informal texture.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where personality is more important than typographic restraint—posters, headlines, playful branding, children’s materials, packaging, and informal labels. It can work for brief supporting copy at larger sizes, but its animated texture and heavy color make it most effective as a voice-forward accent.
The overall tone is playful and approachable, with a bouncy, imperfect personality that reads like marker lettering or cartoon titling. Its uneven cadence and softened shapes give it a friendly, kid-oriented energy rather than a strict, engineered neutrality.
The design intention appears to be a characterful sans that mimics hand-drawn lettering while staying legible and cohesive across a full alphanumeric set. It aims to deliver a bold, friendly presence with deliberate irregularities that feel human and spontaneous.
The character set shown mixes geometric simplicity with occasional angular quirks (notably in diagonals and a few asymmetrical bowls), which adds charm and motion. Spacing appears designed to tolerate the irregular widths, producing a lively, hand-set feel in longer lines of text.