Pixel Dash Abba 9 is a very light, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, album art, tech branding, retro tech, kinetic, glitchy, playful, futuristic, scanline effect, digital texture, motion cue, retro futurism, display impact, striped, stenciled, segmented, rounded, geometric.
A segmented display face built from evenly spaced horizontal bars that cut through each letterform, creating a consistent striped texture across the set. The underlying skeleton is geometric and largely monolinear, with rounded bowls and soft terminals that keep the shapes legible despite the repeated gaps. Curves (C, G, O, S, 2, 3) read as smooth arcs interrupted by the bar pattern, while straight-sided forms (E, F, H, N, T, Z) maintain crisp alignment and a steady rhythm. Spacing and proportions favor clear, open counters, helping the dash construction remain readable in short words and headlines.
Well suited to display settings where the striped texture can act as a graphic device—posters, event titles, album/cover art, and logo wordmarks. It also works for tech-leaning branding, gaming/UI accents, and short punchy phrases where the scanline effect adds character without relying on long-form readability.
The repeated scanline-like breaks evoke CRT screens, early computer graphics, and motion/velocity effects, giving the font a retro-futurist and slightly glitchy tone. It feels energetic and synthetic rather than formal, with a playful tech aesthetic that suggests signal, speed, and digital texture.
The design appears intended to merge a clean geometric sans structure with a deliberate horizontal segmentation that mimics scanlines or motion blur. The goal is to provide a recognizable, modern-retro texture while keeping letterforms conventional enough to remain readable at display sizes.
The stripe pattern is visually dominant and becomes more pronounced as text size decreases, where the gaps can merge into a moiré-like texture. Numerals follow the same construction and stay clean and graphic, matching the overall system. The design reads best when the bar rhythm can be resolved clearly, emphasizing the intended ‘scanned’ surface.