Sans Normal Irba 17 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, kids branding, playful, chunky, friendly, retro, cartoonish, display impact, friendly tone, nostalgic styling, playful branding, rounded, soft corners, bubbly, compact counters, bulbous.
A heavy, rounded sans with inflated strokes and softly squared terminals. Forms lean on broad curves and slightly pinched joins, creating a blobby, high-ink silhouette with compact internal counters. The baseline feel is steady and upright, while details like the short crossbars, stubby arms, and rounded shoulders give a dense, cushioned texture in lines of text. Numerals follow the same swollen geometry, with simplified shapes and small apertures that emphasize mass over precision.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, and logo wordmarks where its chunky silhouette can dominate. It also works well for playful branding and children-oriented materials, especially at larger sizes where the rounded details and compact counters remain legible.
The overall tone is warm and humorous, with a toy-like, poster-friendly presence. Its bold, gummy shapes read as approachable and lighthearted, evoking retro cartoon titles and playful branding rather than formal editorial typography.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a soft, rounded personality—prioritizing bold presence, friendly shapes, and a nostalgic display feel over fine typographic nuance.
In continuous text the tight counters and thick joins create a strong black footprint, so spacing and size will heavily influence clarity. The design’s softened corners and rounded dots help maintain a consistent, friendly rhythm across capitals, lowercase, and figures.