Sans Normal Tipa 1 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, sports, packaging, industrial, sporty, techy, punchy, confident, impact, modernity, geometric clarity, display strength, legibility, geometric, rounded, compact joins, open counters, blunt terminals.
A heavy, geometric sans with wide proportions and smooth, rounded curves throughout. Strokes are consistently thick with softened corners and blunt terminals, producing sturdy silhouettes and strong horizontal emphasis. Counters are generally open and circular/oval (notably in O, Q, 0, 8), while diagonals and joins stay compact and tightly engineered, giving letters like K, M, N, V, W, and X a dense, built-up feel. The lowercase shows a tall x-height with simple, single-storey forms (a, g) and short ascenders/descenders relative to the x-height, keeping the texture blocky and uniform. Numerals are broad and solid, with the 0 and 8 particularly rounded and the 1 simplified into a strong vertical form.
Best suited for short to medium-length display settings where impact and clarity are priorities—headlines, posters, sports graphics, bold branding, packaging, and large-format signage. It can work for dense blocks of text when set large with comfortable leading, but its mass and tight internal counters make it less ideal for small-size body copy.
The overall tone is assertive and modern, reading as engineered and performance-oriented rather than delicate or conversational. Its broad stance and rounded geometry give it a friendly edge, but the weight and compressed internal spaces keep it feeling powerful and attention-grabbing.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum visual impact with a clean, geometric voice—combining rounded forms and blunt terminals to stay approachable while still reading as strong, modern, and engineered. Its wide stance and high x-height suggest an emphasis on legibility and presence in display typography.
Spacing appears generous for such heavy strokes, helping prevent letters from clogging in longer lines, though the smallest internal counters (e, s, a) can still tighten visually at display sizes. The design maintains a consistent geometric logic across caps, lowercase, and figures, creating an even, poster-like rhythm in paragraphs.