Sans Other Dirif 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, branding, playful, quirky, cartoon, friendly, retro, playfulness, informality, impact, novelty, chunky, rounded, wonky, bouncy, irregular.
A chunky, high-impact sans with soft, rounded contours and subtly irregular construction. Strokes stay broadly consistent but show gentle tapering and angled cuts, creating a hand-cut, slightly wavy silhouette. Counters are compact and rounded, apertures tend to be small, and terminals often finish with blunt or wedge-like facets. Proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, with a lively baseline and shifting widths that give the alphabet a loose, animated rhythm.
Best suited to short display settings such as headlines, posters, event promos, packaging, and bold branding moments where personality matters more than neutrality. It also fits children’s materials, playful editorial callouts, and entertainment or casual food-and-drink applications that benefit from an informal, animated voice.
The overall tone is cheerful and mischievous, with a cartoon-like buoyancy that feels informal and approachable. Its uneven geometry and chunky massing evoke cut-paper lettering and classic playful display titling, lending a nostalgic, kid-friendly energy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual personality through irregular, hand-cut forms while keeping a simple sans foundation. Its goal is to read quickly at large sizes and project a friendly, comedic character rather than typographic restraint.
At text sizes the dense interiors and tight counters can reduce clarity, but the strong silhouettes and distinctive shapes hold up well in headlines. The numerals match the letters’ bold, rounded mass and maintain the same quirky, hand-made feel.