Sans Contrasted Hira 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, branding, playful, chunky, friendly, quirky, cartoonish, impact, approachability, handmade, novelty, expressiveness, rounded, soft corners, bulbous, bouncy, compact counters.
A heavy, soft-edged sans with chunky, inflated forms and subtly irregular, hand-cut contours. Strokes are broadly uniform but show gentle internal modulation, with occasional pinched joins and uneven apertures that add a lively, organic texture. Counters tend to be compact and sometimes teardrop-shaped, while terminals look blunt and cushioned rather than sharp. The overall silhouette is broad and blocky, with tight internal spacing and a bouncy rhythm that reads more like sculpted shapes than strict geometric construction.
Best suited to display typography where impact and personality matter: posters, packaging, playful branding, social graphics, and children’s or entertainment-oriented design. It performs well in short lines, titles, and callouts where the dense counters and heavy mass won’t be pushed by long-form reading.
The tone is upbeat and informal, leaning toward comic and kid-friendly rather than corporate or technical. Its bold, squishy shapes feel approachable and humorous, giving headlines a loud, buoyant presence. The slight wobble and quirky details add personality and a handmade vibe without becoming chaotic.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch with a friendly, cartoon-like voice, using inflated proportions and soft corners to feel approachable. Subtle irregularities suggest a deliberately handmade or cut-paper character aimed at expressive display settings rather than neutral text use.
Uppercase and lowercase share a consistent weight and roundness, with a few distinctive quirky cuts in letters like S, R, and W that emphasize character over strict neutrality. Numerals match the same chunky massing, with simplified forms and small counters that keep the set visually cohesive at display sizes.