Sans Other Efbel 5 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, apparel, playful, retro, sporty, friendly, chunky, impact, retro flair, sport tone, logo voice, display focus, rounded, soft corners, oblique, compact, bouncy.
A heavy, oblique sans with compact proportions and rounded, soft-cornered geometry. Strokes stay broadly uniform, with exaggerated weight and small interior counters that create a dense, punchy texture. Curves are swollen and slightly squared off at joins, while terminals tend toward blunt cuts rather than tapered finishes. The overall rhythm is lively and uneven in a deliberate way, with subtly idiosyncratic letterforms and a buoyant baseline feel that reads as display-first rather than text-neutral.
Best suited to bold headlines, posters, and short bursts of copy where its dense color and oblique momentum can read clearly. It’s also well matched to branding, packaging, and apparel graphics that benefit from a friendly, high-impact display sans with a retro-sport tone.
The font conveys a playful, retro-leaning energy with a sporty, headline-ready presence. Its chunky massing and bouncy shapes feel friendly and informal, evoking sign painting, comic titling, and mid-century advertising without becoming overtly script-like.
The design appears intended as an attention-grabbing display sans: maximize visual weight, keep contrast minimal, and use rounded, slightly quirky constructions to create a fun, energetic voice. The consistent slant and compact counters suggest it was drawn to feel fast and expressive for titling and brand marks rather than long-form reading.
Round letters (like O and 0) are tightly enclosed with small counters, boosting impact but reducing openness at smaller sizes. The slant is consistent across caps and lowercase, and the alphabet shows several distinctive constructions (notably in S-like curves and the m/n forms) that give it a recognizable, logo-friendly voice.