Pixel Dash Firi 5 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, ui display, tech branding, retro tech, digital, industrial, glitchy, utilitarian, scanline effect, digital display, texture-first, retro styling, monoline, stencil-like, segmented, modular, squared.
A segmented, dash-built display design where each glyph is constructed from short horizontal bars with small gaps between strokes. The overall skeleton is squarish and geometric, with monoline treatment and crisp, right-angled terminals. Counters and joins are implied through stacked stripes rather than continuous outlines, creating a strong scanline rhythm; some verticals read as tight columns of bars, while horizontals extend in longer runs. Spacing and widths vary by character, and the forms stay clean and upright with a consistent pixel-grid feel.
Well-suited to large-format display settings such as posters, covers, title cards, and branding where the scanline texture can be a primary graphic element. It also fits UI or interface mockups, sci‑fi/retro-tech visuals, and short labels where a digital, instrument-like voice is desired. For long text or small sizes, the segmented strokes may reduce clarity, so it’s best used sparingly for emphasis.
The repeated horizontal striping gives a distinctly electronic, machine-readout tone—part CRT scanlines, barcode textures, and early computer graphics. It feels technical and slightly disruptive, with a controlled “signal” aesthetic that suggests data, measurement, and retro-futurist interfaces rather than warmth or calligraphy.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric sans skeleton into a striped, quantized construction that mimics electronic display artifacts. By building each form from discrete horizontal bars, it prioritizes texture and a technological atmosphere while keeping letterforms straightforward and readable at display sizes.
At smaller sizes the intentional gaps and striping become the dominant feature, so the design reads best when given enough scale for the segmented construction to resolve. Round characters (like O/Q/0) are squared-off and faceted, reinforcing the modular system and keeping the texture consistent across letters and numerals.