Sans Other Epfy 1 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, gaming ui, sports branding, industrial, futuristic, arcade, brutalist, tactical, high impact, tech feel, signage, brand stamping, sci-fi ui, blocky, squared, stencil-like, notched, octagonal.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with squarish, almost octagonal outer shapes and crisply cut corners. Strokes are uniform and geometric, with frequent internal notches and rectangular counters that read like mechanical cutouts rather than traditional bowls. Many glyphs show deliberate gaps and incisions in joins and terminals, creating a quasi-stencil feel while staying largely closed and solid. The overall texture is dense and compact, with a tall lowercase that keeps words visually tall and strongly banded in text.
Best suited to display contexts where strong silhouette and graphic personality are desired, such as headlines, posters, logos, game titles and UI labels, or event and sports branding. It can also work for short technical callouts or packaging marks where the industrial, cut-metal aesthetic supports the message.
The design reads as industrial and futuristic, with an arcade or sci‑fi interface flavor driven by its hard angles and engineered cutouts. Its notched detailing suggests machinery, armor plating, or technical labeling, giving it a bold, assertive voice rather than a friendly or neutral tone.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum impact through chunky geometry and engineered-looking cutouts, prioritizing a distinctive, mechanized rhythm over conventional readability at small sizes. Its modular, notched construction suggests an intention to evoke tech, sci‑fi, and arcade signage while staying within a sans framework.
Digit shapes follow the same squared, modular logic and remain highly graphic at display sizes. In longer lines, the repeated cutouts create a distinctive rhythm that can become busy at small sizes, so it benefits from generous sizing and spacing. The overall impression is intentionally stylized rather than generic, with strong emphasis on silhouette and negative-space carving.