Sans Other Esbi 8 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, game ui, packaging, industrial, arcade, tech, military, robotic, impact, machined look, retro tech, signage, blocky, angular, octagonal, geometric, chamfered.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with an angular, octagonal drawing style. Strokes are largely monolinear with hard, squared terminals and frequent chamfered corners that create notched interiors and cut-in counters. Curves are minimized in favor of straight segments and clipped diagonals, giving bowls and rounds a faceted feel. Spacing appears sturdy and mechanical, and the overall texture is dense and high-impact, with counters kept relatively compact for a punched, stencil-like solidity.
Best suited to short, high-contrast settings where impact and a technical tone are desired—posters, title treatments, logos, sports/industrial branding, and game or interface headers. It can work for brief display copy, but the dense counters and rigid geometry suggest using generous size and careful spacing for longer lines.
The letterforms convey a rugged, utilitarian energy with strong retro-digital and arcade overtones. Its faceted geometry reads as engineered and machine-made, leaning toward sci‑fi interfaces, warning labels, and game UI aesthetics rather than editorial refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, engineered voice through faceted geometry and consistent chamfering, prioritizing visual punch and a mechanical, retro-futurist character. The simplified, modular construction suggests a display-first font aimed at strong recognition in signage-like contexts.
Distinctive corner cuts and internal notches create a consistent motif across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, producing a cohesive “machined” rhythm in text. The punctuation and shapes shown maintain the same squared, clipped construction, reinforcing the font’s sign-like, emblematic presence.