Sans Other Gaba 2 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, signage, playful, chunky, retro, friendly, punchy, attention grabbing, retro display, brand voice, playful tone, rounded corners, soft joins, ink-trap feel, heavy terminals, cartoonish.
A heavy, blocky sans with compact counters and softly rounded corners. Strokes stay broadly even in weight, with squarish curves and chunky terminals that create a sturdy, poster-like silhouette. Many joins show small notches and wedge-like cut-ins (an ink-trap-like effect) that sharpen the interior rhythm and keep dense shapes from clogging. Overall spacing and widths vary noticeably by letter, producing an intentionally irregular, hand-cut feel while maintaining a consistent, upright structure.
Best suited for display settings where impact and personality matter: posters, bold headlines, packaging, signage, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short, high-contrast callouts or playful branding, but the dense shapes and stylized joins are most effective at larger sizes.
The tone is bold and upbeat, with a toy-like, slightly mischievous personality. Its chunky forms and quirky notches read as retro and fun rather than neutral, giving text an attention-grabbing, headline-forward energy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a friendly, retro-inspired voice. Its chunky geometry, rounded edges, and characteristic notched joins suggest a deliberate effort to balance heaviness with legibility and to add distinctive texture for branding and display typography.
The numerals and caps appear especially compact and weighty, emphasizing solid black mass on the page. The lowercase keeps a stout, simplified construction, and the angular cut-ins at joins add character at display sizes while making the texture feel intentionally rough-hewn.