Sans Other Dakuj 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, book covers, branding, quirky, hand-cut, playful, rugged, retro, add personality, evoke handmade, create impact, signal retro, angular, faceted, blocky, irregular, comic.
A chunky, angular sans with faceted, hand-cut-looking contours and slightly irregular stroke edges. Letterforms lean on straight segments and clipped corners rather than smooth curves, creating a chiseled rhythm across rounds like C, O, and Q. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with noticeable width and shape idiosyncrasies that feel intentionally uneven while remaining consistently heavy and compact. Counters are relatively small and apertures are modest, reinforcing a dense, poster-ready texture in text.
Best suited to display use such as posters, cover titles, event graphics, packaging, and bold brand marks where texture and character are desired. It can work for short paragraphs or pull quotes at larger sizes, but the irregular edges and tight interior space suggest prioritizing impact over long-form readability.
The overall tone is mischievous and crafty, like cut paper, linocut, or a DIY display alphabet. Its irregular geometry adds personality and motion, giving headlines an offbeat, humorous energy with a slightly rough, low-fi edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, graphic voice with a deliberately imperfect, hand-rendered construction. By replacing smooth curves with clipped facets and keeping forms weighty, it aims to evoke a crafted, retro-comic sensibility that stands out quickly in visual layouts.
Uppercase forms read as sturdy and block-like, while lowercase introduces more distinctive silhouettes (notably the single-storey a and the quirky, asymmetrical joins), keeping word shapes lively. Numerals carry the same clipped, hand-shaped feel, with simple, emphatic construction suited to attention-grabbing settings.