Sans Other Essa 8 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, posters, headlines, logos, packaging, tech, arcade, industrial, futuristic, mechanical, impact, tech tone, display clarity, modular consistency, branding, square, blocky, angular, compact, modular.
A heavy, square-built display sans with a strongly modular construction. Strokes are consistently thick and terminate in blunt, right-angled ends, with corners kept crisp and interiors formed by rectangular counters. The forms lean on geometric boxes and stepped cut-ins rather than curves, creating a pixel-adjacent rhythm without being strictly grid-pixel. Spacing reads relatively tight and the shapes are assertive, with simplified joins and minimal detail for maximum impact at larger sizes.
Best suited to display applications where a bold, digital-industrial voice is desired: game UI, esports or arcade branding, event posters, album art, and punchy product or packaging titles. It can work for short bursts of text and labeling, but its dense weight and angular detailing make it less comfortable for long-form reading at small sizes.
The tone feels tech-forward and game-like, with an arcade and sci‑fi flavor driven by its squared geometry and hard edges. Its blunt, engineered shapes suggest machinery, circuitry, and industrial signage rather than editorial warmth or refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, modular, techno display look that remains legible while emphasizing a hard-edged, constructed aesthetic. Its simplified, squared letterforms prioritize visual impact and a consistent mechanical texture across mixed-case and numerals.
Diagonal construction is handled with sharp wedges and straight segments, which keeps the texture aggressive and graphic. Rounded characters are notably squared-off, giving the whole set a consistent, monolithic color in text lines.