Sans Other Noby 12 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, children’s, stickers, playful, quirky, bouncy, friendly, cartoony, display impact, friendly branding, handmade feel, humor, soft corners, chunky, irregular baseline, lively rhythm, hand-cut feel.
A heavy, chunky sans with softly rounded outer corners and broad, compact counters. Letterforms show deliberate irregularity: subtle tilts, uneven verticals, and wavy stems create a hand-cut, cut-paper rhythm rather than strict geometric consistency. Curves are full and inflated, while joins and terminals stay blunt and simplified, giving the design a sturdy, poster-like silhouette. Spacing feels generous and the overall texture is lively, with individual glyphs varying slightly in stance and width to enhance the informal feel.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, product packaging, and playful branding. It can work for children’s materials or casual signage where character and friendliness matter more than typographic neutrality; for extended reading, larger sizes and ample leading help maintain clarity.
The font reads as cheerful and mischievous, with a buoyant, kid-friendly tone. Its uneven alignment and inflated shapes suggest humor and spontaneity, making it feel more like lettering for fun environments than a formal text face.
The design appears intended as a bold, characterful display sans that prioritizes personality over precision. Its controlled irregularities and inflated forms aim to create an approachable, handmade look that stands out quickly in attention-grabbing applications.
In longer passages the irregular baseline and varied stances become a defining texture, adding motion but also increasing visual noise. The numerals follow the same chunky, simplified construction, staying consistent with the playful display intent.