Sans Contrasted Kasi 9 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, event titles, art deco, theatrical, vintage, playful, dramatic, display impact, deco revival, graphic contrast, distinctive branding, geometric, stylized, flared terminals, hairline joins, high-waisted forms.
A stylized display sans with pronounced thick–thin modulation and a lively, uneven rhythm across the alphabet. Many letters combine heavy vertical slabs with delicate hairline curves, producing a punchy silhouette and crisp interior counters. Bowls tend toward geometric ovals and circles, while joins and terminals often taper to fine points or end in flat, cut-off strokes. Widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, and several forms use split-weight construction (e.g., heavy left stems paired with light curves), emphasizing contrast and graphic shape over uniform text texture.
Best suited to short, prominent settings where its contrast and stylization can be appreciated—posters, headlines, title cards, brand marks, packaging, and event or venue identities. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers when paired with a quieter companion for body text.
The font conveys a distinctly Art Deco, stage-poster energy—confident, glamorous, and slightly mischievous. Its sharp transitions and ornamental simplifications feel vintage and cinematic, with a playful quirkiness that keeps it from reading as purely formal. Overall, it projects a bold, showy tone suited to attention-grabbing headlines.
The design intention appears to be a decorative, high-impact sans that blends geometric Art Deco motifs with expressive, contrast-driven stroke play. It prioritizes distinctive silhouettes and a theatrical texture, aiming for memorable display typography rather than neutral continuous reading.
Uppercase forms lean toward emblematic, poster-like constructions (notably angular diagonals in V/W/X/Y and strong block-like stems in E/F/L/T), while lowercase introduces more calligraphic quirks such as single-storey a, a looping g, and delicate j/t terminals. Numerals echo the same split-weight idea, with rounded figures and occasional heavy half-forms that read well at larger sizes but create intentional irregularity at small sizes.