Sans Other Waku 11 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, tech branding, interface, techno, futuristic, modular, industrial, arcade, digital aesthetic, systematic design, display impact, tech voice, square, angular, stencil-like, geometric, monoline.
A squared, modular sans built from straight strokes and crisp right angles, with frequent chamfered corners and occasional wedge-like terminals. The construction feels grid-driven and monoline, with boxy counters and open apertures that create a distinctly mechanical rhythm. Letterforms are wide and horizontally stable, with simplified curves translated into stepped or faceted shapes (notably in round characters), and a consistent use of rectangular joins and cut-ins. Numerals follow the same hard-edged logic, emphasizing flat tops and bottoms and strong verticals for a cohesive, system-like texture in text.
Best suited to display settings where its geometric personality can lead—headlines, posters, packaging, and identity work for technology or gaming. It also fits interface titles, HUD-style labels, and on-screen UI elements where a digital, grid-based tone is desired, while longer passages will read most comfortably at larger sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is retro-futuristic and utilitarian, evoking digital displays, arcade UI, and sci‑fi interface graphics. Its sharp geometry and engineered spacing give it an assertive, technical voice that reads as modern, synthetic, and slightly militaristic without becoming decorative.
The font appears designed to translate a digital, grid-and-module aesthetic into a full text alphabet, prioritizing clean right angles, repeatable parts, and a consistent mechanical cadence. Its forms balance recognizability with stylized construction, aiming for a distinctive techno voice that remains usable across common punctuation-free display text.
The design relies on distinctive corner treatments—beveled diagonals, inset cuts, and occasional notched details—that help differentiate similarly structured glyphs. In paragraph samples, the consistent rectangular rhythm produces a strong pattern on the line, making the face feel purposeful and graphic even at modest sizes.