Sans Contrasted Hiro 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, game ui, industrial, retro, techno, arcade, brutalist, high impact, digital tone, retro display, industrial flavor, blocky, geometric, angular, square, stencil-like.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with squared proportions, hard corners, and frequent beveled cuts that create faceted silhouettes. Strokes are largely monoline in feel but interrupted by deliberate notches, counters, and clipped terminals that introduce sharp interior geometry and a chiseled rhythm. Counters tend toward small, rectangular openings, and many forms rely on straight verticals and horizontals with minimal curvature. Overall spacing reads compact and dense, producing a solid, poster-like texture in text.
Best suited to display applications such as headlines, posters, branding marks, packaging panels, and game or tech-themed UI where impact and personality matter more than long-form readability. It performs well in large sizes, high-contrast color treatments, and tight, modular layouts that echo its squared construction.
The face projects a rugged, mechanical tone with clear associations to arcade graphics, industrial labeling, and angular sci‑fi aesthetics. Its cut-in details and rectangular counters give it a coded, engineered character that feels assertive and utilitarian rather than friendly or casual.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch through dense, rectilinear shapes while adding character via carved notches and beveled terminals. The overall goal seems to be a contemporary-retro display aesthetic that reads as engineered and digital without relying on curves or ornament.
Distinctive internal cutouts and asymmetric bevels help differentiate similar shapes (notably in capitals) and add visual motion, but they also increase visual noise at small sizes. The design’s strong rectangular grid logic makes it especially striking in all-caps settings and short phrases where the faceting can be appreciated.