Sans Other Kenuw 17 is a regular weight, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, packaging, kids media, quirky, retro, folksy, friendly, storybook, add personality, humanize sans, retro flavor, compact titles, hand-drawn, irregular, soft corners, tall, open counters.
This typeface is a condensed, monoline sans with subtly irregular construction that reads as hand-influenced rather than purely geometric. Strokes maintain a fairly even thickness, but terminals and joins show gentle inconsistencies and occasional flared or angled cuts, giving the outlines a slightly wobbly, organic rhythm. Capitals are tall and narrow with simple, open forms; rounded letters like C, O, and S are slightly oval and softly squared at turning points. The lowercase continues the narrow proportions with lively details—compact bowls, lightly hooked or tapered terminals, and a single-storey feel in several forms—while numerals follow the same slender, slightly uneven silhouette for a cohesive texture.
Best suited for display settings such as headlines, posters, packaging, and short blocks of copy where personality is desired. It can work for branding, editorial titles, and playful UI moments, particularly when you want a narrow footprint with a handcrafted voice rather than a strictly utilitarian sans.
The overall tone is playful and personable, with a light retro/handmade character that feels informal and approachable. Its narrow, tall shapes add a bit of theatricality and whimsy without becoming overly decorative, making it feel well-suited to cheerful, character-driven messaging.
The design appears intended to blend a simple sans foundation with handcrafted irregularity—keeping stroke weight controlled and forms open, while introducing small quirks in terminals and curvature to create warmth and charm in text and display use.
Letterforms show noticeable individuality between straight and curved strokes, producing a lively color on the page rather than a strictly uniform grid. The texture stays readable in the sample text, but the irregularities and condensed width make it feel more expressive than neutral, especially in longer passages.