Sans Other Kywi 5 is a very bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, titles, industrial, retro, edgy, playful, mechanical, high impact, compact display, hand-cut feel, distinct texture, angular, chiseled, condensed, blocky, irregular.
A condensed, heavy sans with angular, chiseled silhouettes and subtly irregular vertical rhythm. Strokes are monolinear and mostly rectilinear, with tapered corners and occasional diagonal cuts that give letters a hand-cut, poster-like construction. Counters are small and often squared, and many forms feel slightly offset or skewed, creating a jittery texture without breaking overall consistency. Spacing appears tight and the glyph set maintains a compact footprint, producing dense, high-impact word shapes.
Best suited for display applications where strong silhouette and texture are desirable, such as posters, headlines, title cards, logotypes, and packaging. It can also work for short labels or signage-style graphics, but its dense shapes and tight spacing make it less ideal for long-form reading at smaller sizes.
The tone reads industrial and retro, with a slightly mischievous, off-kilter energy. Its sharp geometry and compact massing evoke stencil-cut signage, noir titles, or DIY display typography, lending an assertive and gritty personality.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact in a compact width while introducing a distinctive, cut-paper angularity. The controlled irregularities suggest an aim to feel hand-crafted and gritty rather than purely geometric, giving everyday sans structures a more characterful, poster-ready voice.
The alphabet shows deliberate asymmetries and non-uniform internal shapes (especially in counters and terminals), which amplify the handmade feel. Numerals and uppercase share the same blocky logic, and the texture stays bold and graphic at display sizes.