Sans Contrasted Unzu 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, reverse italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, game ui, album art, industrial, aggressive, mechanical, futuristic, comic-book, impact, motion, ruggedness, display, branding, blocky, angular, slanted, wedge-cut, compressed counters.
A heavy, block-built sans with a strong left-leaning slant and dramatic internal carving. Strokes read as solid slabs, interrupted by narrow vertical cuts and chamfered corners that create a faceted, stencil-like texture. Bowls and counters are tight and often reduced to sharp notches, while terminals frequently taper into wedge shapes. Width is uneven from glyph to glyph, giving the line a jagged rhythm and a distinctly graphic, poster-style silhouette.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing setting such as posters, headlines, logos, game titles/UI accents, and merchandise graphics where the angular cut-ins can read clearly. It works especially well in high-impact compositions, but its tight counters and aggressive detailing make it less comfortable for long passages or small text.
The overall tone is forceful and kinetic, with a gritty, engineered feel. The angled stance and cut-in details suggest motion and impact, leaning toward a tough, action-oriented voice rather than refinement or neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, industrial display voice by combining a slanted stance with carved negative details, creating a sense of speed, hardness, and constructed form. The varying widths and wedge terminals emphasize expressive rhythm over uniformity, prioritizing visual punch in branding and titling contexts.
The sample text shows an intentionally irregular baseline rhythm caused by varying widths and the sharp, cut-out interior highlights, which become a key part of the visual identity at display sizes. The numerals share the same chiseled construction and maintain the font’s angular, hard-edged personality.