Neutral Sans Workhorse
Kais + Nyxar
Lets Kais own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Bold geometric sans framed in perforated film-strip / arcade borders (OTF & TTF)
Kais
Kais is an eye-catching geometric display font wrapping solid white-and-black capitals inside dashed film-strip / marquee border tracks (OTF & TTF).
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Sturdy stroke walls and open counters weed cleanly on adhesive vinyl, HTV apparel film, and cut cardstock.
Plotter & output verdictEasy-Weed Vinyl & Print Ready
Recommended minimum scale0.75 in+ cap height
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Kais.
Kais is a bold geometric sans in which every capital sits inside a dashed film-strip or marquee border track, so the typeface arrives as a graphic panel rather than as plain letters. The core letters are heavy and simple, which keeps a word readable through the border, and the perforations give the face an arcade or cinema reference without an illustration. The border adds roughly 20 percent to the artwork box on all sides, so the layout must reserve that space; it needs 30 mm overall for the perforations to read as perforations.
Sprocket-framed · Pop-arcade · Punchy
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Kais with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Kais + Orvelia
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Kais’s stroke geometry.
Film-night poster, cinema programme and festival marquee
Film-strip borders give a screening poster its reference in one element, which saves commissioning artwork. Heavy cores stay legible through the perforated track at poster size.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Poster A2, panel 260 mm wide including borders, 40 mm margins. Programme A5, header 80 mm, listings 8.5/12 pt. Marquee banner 1500 x 400 mm, panel 340 mm.
Pre-production check
Perforation dots under 1.5 mm at print size become a grey tone and the film-strip reference disappears. Check one 1:1 crop, and enlarge the panel rather than the dots if the perforations muddy.
Arcade birthday invite, cake topper and token sticker
A marquee border reads as an arcade screen at a glance, which is the theme a games party wants. Simple cores keep a child's name readable inside the frame.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Invite A6, panel 90 mm wide including border, name 14 mm, details 4.5 mm, 8 mm margins. Topper 130 x 110 mm, panel 60 mm wide, 8 mm stick slot. Sticker 50 mm round, word 7 mm, 2 mm die margin.
Pre-production check
A topper is pushed into icing and the border closest to the stick can transfer ink. Keep the panel above the 8 mm slot line, print single-sided, and check one assembled topper before the party.
Arcade-bar sign, pinball-card and energy-drink label
A perforated panel reads as a machine fascia rather than a printed logo, which is what an arcade bar wants on its frontage. One ink covers the whole graphic.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Sign 900 x 400 mm, panel 260 mm wide, 80 mm margins. Card 90 x 55 mm, panel 40 mm wide, word 9 mm. Can label 90 x 110 mm, panel 46 mm wide, 4 mm from the seam.
Pre-production check
Can labels wrap around a seam and a bordered panel crossing it splits in two. Lay the artwork flat against the die, and keep the frame 6 mm clear of the seam before the run.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Bold geometric sans framed in perforated film-strip / arcade borders (OTF & TTF)
- Foundry / creator
- dimukhi
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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