Sans Other Epna 3 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, gaming, sports, industrial, futuristic, aggressive, arcade, mechanical, impact, sci-fi display, industrial tone, logo focus, modular geometry, octagonal, chamfered, blocky, condensed joins, notched.
A heavy, block-built sans with strongly chamfered corners and a predominantly octagonal silhouette across letters and numerals. Strokes are uniform and planar, with counters and apertures often reduced to narrow slots or clipped openings, creating a tight, engineered rhythm. Many glyphs show deliberate internal cuts and notches—especially in diagonals and joins—adding a stencil-like, segmented feel while keeping the overall texture dense and dark. Lowercase forms follow the same angular construction as the caps, with a compact, squared-off ductus and minimal curvature.
Best suited to large-scale applications where its carved geometry can be appreciated: headlines, event posters, esports or gaming graphics, and branding marks that need a rugged, technical voice. It can also work for short labels or UI display elements in sci‑fi or industrial-themed designs, but is less suited to long-form reading due to its dense counters and strong stylistic cuts.
The font projects a tough, machine-made attitude with a distinctly sci‑fi and arcade-adjacent energy. Its hard edges and carved details suggest armor plating, tooling marks, or industrial signage, giving text a forceful, impact-first tone. The overall impression is modern, assertive, and slightly dystopian.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through an angular, modular construction that stays firmly sans while borrowing cues from stenciling and machined components. Its consistent chamfers, minimized counters, and segmented details prioritize a bold, futuristic display character over neutrality.
At text sizes the narrow internal cuts can visually close up, producing a high-ink, poster-like color; the style reads clearest when given ample size and spacing. The angular geometry is highly consistent across the set, and the numerals match the caps with the same clipped corners and slot-like counters.