Sans Normal Sudes 2 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, friendly, confident, retro, playful, approachable, impact, approachability, retro flavor, display clarity, rounded, soft terminals, closed apertures, sturdy, compact.
A heavy, rounded sans with compact proportions and smoothly inflated curves. Strokes stay broadly even, with minimal contrast and soft, blunted terminals that give counters a smaller, more closed feel in letters like a, e, and s. Uppercase forms are broad and stable with generous curves (notably C, O, S), while diagonals like V, W, and X are thick and decisive. The lowercase shows a single-storey a and g and a sturdy, compact rhythm that keeps word shapes dense and uniform.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, branding marks, packaging, and short, high-impact messaging where its dense, rounded shapes can carry personality. It can work for brief text blocks at larger sizes, but its tight apertures and heavy color are most effective when given room and strong contrast against the background.
The overall tone reads warm and approachable, with a hint of mid-century/retro poster energy. Its rounded mass and tight counters make it feel confident and friendly rather than technical, lending a slightly playful voice even in straightforward text.
Likely designed to provide a friendly, high-impact sans for attention-grabbing typography, combining sturdy construction with rounded softness to feel both bold and approachable. The consistent, compact shapes suggest an emphasis on creating a strong, uniform texture for branding and display use.
In larger sizes the rounded joins and compact counters become a defining texture, producing a dark, cohesive typographic color. The numerals match the letterforms’ soft, weighty construction, emphasizing clarity through simple silhouettes rather than fine detailing.