Sans Other Ohpu 9 is a very bold, narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font visually similar to 'Monbloc' by Rui Nogueira (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, branding, packaging, industrial, arcade, techno, brutalist, military, impact, compactness, futurism, systematic, signage, angular, blocky, condensed, modular, stenciled.
A compact, angular display sans built from straight strokes and hard right angles, with squared counters and frequent notch-like cut-ins that create a pseudo-stencil, modular feel. Curves are largely suppressed in favor of chamfered corners and geometric corners, producing crisp, pixel-adjacent silhouettes without actually being a bitmap. The rhythm is tight and vertical, with tall capitals, a compact lowercase, and simplified forms (single-storey a, compact bowls) that keep word shapes dense and blocky. Numerals follow the same rectilinear logic, with squared apertures and emphatic rectangular counters.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings where strong shapes and tight spacing are an advantage—titles, posters, logos/wordmarks, game interfaces, and product packaging. It can also work for labels or signage-style graphics when a hard-edged, technical voice is desired, but its dense construction makes it less ideal for long-form text.
The overall tone is assertive and mechanical, evoking industrial labeling, arcade-era techno graphics, and utilitarian signage. Its deliberate angularity and cut-in detailing add a slightly aggressive, engineered character that reads as futuristic and game-like rather than friendly or editorial.
The design appears intended as a bold, modular display sans that prioritizes compactness and a constructed, stencil-like detailing. Its consistent rectilinear system and chamfered geometry aim to deliver a distinctive, high-contrast silhouette for attention-grabbing typography in tech, gaming, and industrial-themed design.
Distinctive internal cutouts and stepped joins show up across many letters (notably in bowls and diagonals), giving the face a constructed, segmented personality. The ampersand and punctuation maintain the same squared, rigid style, helping the font stay visually consistent in all-caps headlines and mixed-case display settings.