Sans Other Kywi 1 is a very bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, album covers, industrial, poster, playful, edgy, retro, impact, space saving, hand-cut feel, distinctive texture, condensed, angular, blocky, jagged, irregular rhythm.
A condensed, heavy-weight sans with tall proportions and a distinctly angular, cut-paper silhouette. Strokes are mostly monolinear and end in sharp, chiseled terminals, producing a faceted, slightly uneven edge quality. Counters are compact and often rectangular, with occasional notch-like details that give letters a carved, stencil-adjacent feel without fully breaking forms. The overall rhythm is tight and vertical, with small apertures and a tense, compressed texture that reads strongly at display sizes.
This font is best suited to display contexts where impact and personality matter more than long-form readability—posters, headlines, branding marks, and bold packaging statements. It can also work well for entertainment, music, or event graphics where a gritty, stylized sans helps set a strong mood.
The tone is bold and theatrical, balancing a rugged, industrial bite with a playful, slightly chaotic energy. Its jagged geometry evokes hand-cut signage and stylized retro title lettering, making it feel attention-grabbing and a bit mischievous rather than neutral or purely functional.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence in a narrow footprint while introducing a distinctive, chiseled texture that separates it from conventional condensed grotesques. Its irregular, angular detailing suggests a goal of evoking hand-made or cut-letter aesthetics in a consistent, typographic system.
Uppercase and lowercase share a closely related structure, keeping a consistent, poster-like color across mixed-case settings. Numerals follow the same condensed, angular construction, maintaining a unified voice for headlines and short bursts of text.