Sans Normal Dylas 5 is a bold, very wide, low contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, sportswear, gaming ui, futuristic, sporty, technical, dynamic, sleek, impact, speed, modernity, tech feel, oblique, rounded, extended, geometric, streamlined.
An oblique, extended sans with smooth, geometric construction and rounded corners throughout. Strokes are uniform and sturdy, with a distinctly horizontal emphasis created by wide proportions and gently flattened curves. Many forms use angled terminals and cut-ins that keep counters open and add a streamlined, engineered feel. Spacing and rhythm favor forward motion, with compact joins and a clean, consistent silhouette across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short to medium-length display settings where its width and slant can create impact—headlines, posters, packaging, and bold brand marks. It can also work for navigation labels or UI accents in tech and gaming contexts when generous spacing is available, but it is less ideal for dense text where width and stylization would reduce economy.
The overall tone is fast, modern, and performance-oriented, evoking motorsport, sci‑fi interfaces, and contemporary tech branding. Its slanted stance and wide footprint give it an assertive, kinetic voice suited to attention-grabbing messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver a modern, speed-inflected sans that feels engineered and contemporary, combining rounded geometry with angled, aerodynamic details for a confident display voice.
Round letters like O and Q appear slightly squashed into wide ovals, and several glyphs feature purposeful angle breaks rather than purely circular joins, reinforcing a machined, aerodynamic character. Numerals follow the same streamlined logic, reading as sporty and display-forward rather than neutral or bookish.