Sans Other Kemum 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, comics, playful, quirky, handmade, cartoonish, offbeat, add personality, create energy, handmade look, humorous display, standout headings, irregular, wedge-cut, bouncy, tapered, choppy.
A chunky, compact sans with irregular, hand-cut contours and frequent wedge-like terminals. Strokes show subtle tapering and slight internal asymmetries that create a lively rhythm rather than strict geometric consistency. Curves are simplified and often slightly squashed, while verticals and diagonals lean into uneven widths, giving many letters a gently wavy silhouette. Counters are generally open and roundish, and joins can appear pinched or notched, reinforcing the cut-paper feel.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and playful branding where personality is more important than typographic neutrality. It can work well for children’s materials, comics-style graphics, event promos, and attention-grabbing captions. For longer passages, it’s most effective at larger sizes where the irregular details read as texture rather than noise.
The overall tone is playful and mischievous, with a casual, animated energy that feels more handcrafted than engineered. Its bouncy proportions and uneven edges suggest humor and spontaneity, making text feel friendly and informal rather than authoritative. The texture reads like a stylized display face meant to add personality at a glance.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, characterful sans voice with a handmade, cut-out aesthetic—prioritizing charm, motion, and distinctive silhouettes over strict uniformity. It aims to create immediate visual interest and a casual, friendly mood in display typography.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same irregular, slightly condensed flavor, with lowercase forms keeping a simple, single-storey construction where applicable. Numerals are heavy and rounded with the same tapered cuts, and punctuation (as seen in the sample) maintains the bold, high-impact color. Spacing appears intentionally uneven in feel, contributing to a lively word shape in longer lines.