Sans Other Gifu 5 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, playful, chunky, retro, friendly, cartoon, impact, approachability, nostalgia, display emphasis, rounded, blocky, soft corners, bulky, compact counters.
A heavy, blocky sans with rounded outer corners and a generally rectangular construction. Strokes are consistently thick with minimal internal modulation, and the shapes lean toward squarish bowls and wide, flattened curves. Counters are compact and often squared-off, with small apertures that keep the texture dense at display sizes. Lowercase forms are robust with a tall x-height and short extenders, and the overall rhythm feels stout and tightly packed despite the broad letterforms. Numerals follow the same chunky, geometric logic, reading strongly as signage-style figures.
Best suited to display typography where immediate impact matters: posters, bold editorial headlines, branding marks, packaging, and short callouts. It can also work for signage or UI labels when used sparingly and at larger sizes, where the compact counters remain clear.
The tone is bold and playful, with a retro, cartoon-adjacent feel that comes from the oversized massing and softened corners. It reads as friendly and attention-grabbing rather than technical or refined, projecting a fun, poster-ready personality.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum visual punch with a soft-edged, approachable voice—prioritizing strong silhouettes, dense typographic color, and a retro-display sensibility for attention-driven uses.
The design emphasizes silhouette over interior detail, so spacing and counters look intentionally compact; this boosts impact but can reduce clarity in dense paragraphs. The sample text shows a strong, even color that works best when given generous line spacing and used at larger sizes.