Sans Other Olba 5 is a very bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, game ui, techno, arcade, industrial, futuristic, utilitarian, impact, digital feel, systematic geometry, bold branding, blocky, square, chamfered, angular, stencil-like.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with squared counters and a strongly rectilinear rhythm. Strokes maintain consistent thickness and are built from straight segments with occasional chamfered corners that soften the geometry without adding curvature. Forms lean toward modular, pixel-like construction: apertures are often rectangular, joins are crisp, and diagonals appear selectively (notably in A, K, V, W, X, Y) with broad, angular cuts. The lowercase tracks the uppercase closely in structure, with simplified bowls and tight, boxed-in counters that keep the texture dense and uniform.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, logo wordmarks, product titles, and bold packaging. It can also work for game UI, tech branding, and signage where an industrial, digital tone is desirable; longer text will read as dense and assertive rather than relaxed.
The overall tone feels techno and game-adjacent—confident, mechanical, and unapologetically bold. Its squared, engineered shapes evoke digital interfaces, arcade graphics, and industrial labeling, projecting a sense of toughness and precision rather than warmth or elegance.
The design appears intended to deliver a modular, machine-made sans aesthetic with maximum punch and clear, blocky silhouettes. Its angular construction and squared counters prioritize a distinctive, digital-industrial voice for display typography.
Legibility is driven by strong silhouettes and consistent geometry, but the closed, rectangular counters and minimal differentiation between certain shapes can create a compact, poster-like color in paragraphs. The design’s chamfered corners and occasional cut-ins add distinctiveness while keeping the construction strictly angular.