Sans Normal Meguv 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, sports branding, posters, packaging, logo marks, sporty, dynamic, punchy, retro, impact, motion, attention, branding, slanted, compact counters, ink-trap notches, rounded corners, blocky curves.
A heavy, right-leaning sans with broad proportions and tightly held interior counters. Strokes stay largely uniform with subtle modulation, and terminals are mostly sheared or softly rounded rather than sharply squared. Many glyphs show distinctive angular cut-ins and notch-like joins where curves meet stems, creating a segmented, engineered feel. Overall spacing looks assertive and compact, producing dense, dark word shapes with strong horizontal momentum.
Best suited for headlines, short statements, and branding where strong presence and speed cues are useful—such as sports graphics, event posters, packaging callouts, and punchy logo or wordmark explorations. The dense color and stylized joins make it most effective at medium-to-large sizes rather than extended body text.
The font reads fast and energetic, with a muscular, forward-tilting stance that suggests motion and impact. Its chunky forms and stylized notches add a slightly retro, display-first personality that feels at home in high-intensity, attention-grabbing settings.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through wide, weighty forms and a pronounced italic slant, while adding character via angular cut-ins at joins and terminals. The result prioritizes momentum and recognizability, producing bold word silhouettes that hold up in display use.
Uppercase forms are built from simplified geometric masses, while lowercase introduces more cursive-like movement through the slant and curved bowls. Numerals match the same bold, angled construction, keeping a consistent, poster-ready texture across mixed text.