Sans Other Abruk 4 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, horror, fantasy, game titles, gothic, spiky, playful, sinister, thematic display, horror tone, fantasy branding, headline impact, decorative texture, angular, chiseled, wavy, compact, ink-heavy.
A heavy, angular display sans with chiseled-looking counters and edges that flare into small points. Strokes stay consistently thick but the outlines undulate, creating a wavy silhouette and an uneven, hand-cut rhythm across words. Many glyphs are built from squarish bowls and boxed counters, with occasional pinched joins and triangular notches that make the forms feel carved rather than drawn. Spacing appears fairly tight in running text, and the overall texture is dense and dark.
Well suited to display work such as posters, event flyers, game or film titling, Halloween and horror packaging, fantasy book covers, and themed signage. It performs best at medium-to-large sizes where the sharp cut-ins and boxed counters remain legible and the irregular contours become a feature rather than noise.
The font projects a gothic, fantasy-leaning mood with a mischievous edge. Its spurs and cut-in details suggest horror, occult, or medieval cues, while the bouncy irregularity keeps it from feeling strictly formal. The result is theatrical and attention-grabbing—more “haunted funhouse” than austere blackletter.
The design appears intended to evoke a carved, spiked display aesthetic—combining solid, blocky letterforms with ornamental notches and waviness to create a dramatic, genre-coded voice. It prioritizes atmosphere and impact over neutral readability, aiming to stamp a layout with a distinct gothic/fantasy character.
In longer lines the strong black mass and busy interior cutouts can reduce clarity, especially in smaller sizes, so it reads best when given room to breathe. The numerals and capitals carry the same carved, wavy logic, helping headings and short callouts feel consistent across a layout.