Sans Other Kyba 7 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, book covers, playful, quirky, retro, handmade, lively, display impact, personality, space saving, informal tone, condensed, irregular, organic, bouncy, tall.
A condensed, heavy sans with tall proportions and subtly irregular construction. Strokes stay largely monoline, but terminals and joins show slight wobble and asymmetric shaping that gives each letter a cut-paper or hand-drawn feel. Counters are compact and openings can be tight, with rounded inner shapes contrasted by occasionally flattened or angled outer edges. The rhythm is energetic: widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, and verticals often appear slightly bowed or tapered, producing a lively, uneven texture in lines of text.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its condensed heft and quirky rhythm can act as a voice—headlines, posters, cover titles, packaging, and logo-like wordmarks. It can also work for pull quotes and signage when a friendly, characterful look is desired, but the tight apertures and busy texture suggest avoiding long body copy at small sizes.
The overall tone is playful and offbeat, leaning toward a retro cartoon or handmade poster sensibility. Its imperfect geometry reads friendly and humorous rather than strict or technical, adding personality and motion to headlines.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, space-saving display voice with a deliberately imperfect, handmade edge. Its condensed proportions provide impact in narrow columns, while the irregular detailing injects warmth and personality for expressive, informal typography.
Uppercase forms are especially tall and narrow, while the lowercase shows simple, sturdy shapes with distinctive, sometimes bulbous terminals. Numerals follow the same condensed, chunky logic and maintain the same irregular, handcrafted edge quality for consistent texture across mixed content.