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Typography · Sans-serif classes

Rounded sans

Soft, rounded terminals; friendly and toy-like.

A design choice in Stylogeny’s vocabulary, under typography: what do the letters look like, and how are they set?

styles make it: 12
as a defining choice: 1
as a usual one: 1
now and then: 10
avoid it: 1

Styles defined by it 1

For these styles it is one of the choices that make the style.

Kawaii Design1970–present · East AsiaJapan's culture of cuteness, which grew from 1970s teenage rounded handwriting and shōjo fancy goods into a global design language through Sanrio, character merchandise and emoji.

Styles that often use it 1

A characteristic choice: usual in these styles, though not essential.

Yuru-chara (Japanese Local Mascot Design)2000–present · East AsiaJapan's local mascots: characters commissioned by prefectures, towns and tourism bodies to stand for a place, named yuru-kyara ('loose characters') by the illustrator Jun Miura around 2000.

Styles that use it now and then 10

An occasional choice in these styles.

It often goes with

Choices that the styles making it make more often than the atlas as a whole.

Rounded & pillin 11 of 12
App & OS interfacein 10 of 12
Web & CSSin 10 of 12
Warm & approachablein 10 of 12
Icons & pictogramsin 8 of 12
Gloss & highlightsin 7 of 12

Styles that avoid it

Styles that deliberately leave it out.

Black Metal Graphics1990–present

Other choices in typography