Sans Contrasted Kiby 10 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, branding, editorial, futuristic, modular, graphic, playful, experimental, visual signature, tech aesthetic, display impact, geometric clarity, stencil-like, geometric, rounded, bisected, high-impact.
A geometric sans with extreme internal cut-ins that slice many bowls and counters into bold bands, creating a distinctive bisected look. Curves are broad and near-circular, while joins and terminals stay crisp and clean, producing a strongly graphic rhythm. Straight strokes tend toward narrow, blade-like elements on letters such as l, i, t, and r, contrasted against heavy curved masses in O, C, G, and 8. Proportions vary noticeably by glyph, with wide rounds and tighter, more vertical constructions, giving the alphabet a deliberately uneven, display-oriented cadence.
Best suited to display typography where its cut-and-band construction can be appreciated—posters, headlines, event graphics, packaging, and branding marks. It can also work for short editorial callouts or UI hero text where a futuristic, high-contrast look is desired, but it is less appropriate for long passages at small sizes.
The overall tone feels futuristic and engineered, like lettering built from modular parts. The frequent horizontal “interruptions” add a kinetic, glitchy personality that reads as experimental and tech-forward, while the rounded geometry keeps it approachable and slightly playful.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a clean geometric sans through dramatic internal segmentation, emphasizing silhouette and negative-space patterning over conventional text clarity. It aims for a contemporary, tech-leaning voice with a strong visual signature that remains consistent across letters and figures.
Legibility shifts with size: the signature banding can collapse into dense dark shapes in small text, while at larger settings it becomes the key aesthetic feature. Numerals are especially bold and emblem-like, with strong silhouettes and the same bisected counter treatment, making them well suited to attention-grabbing uses.