Sans Other Duka 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, game ui, industrial, stencil-like, arcade, retro, aggressive, high impact, mechanical tone, display texture, blocky, angular, chiseled, notched, geometric.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with squared counters and a compact, modular feel. Many strokes terminate in hard, angular cuts and small notches, creating a faceted silhouette that reads like chiseled or stencil-adjacent letterforms rather than smooth grotesque shapes. Curves are minimized and, where present, are flattened into straight segments, producing boxy bowls and rectangular apertures. Spacing and rhythm feel intentionally mechanical, with occasional asymmetrical bite-outs and trap-like corners that add texture and prevent the forms from looking purely monoline blocks.
Best suited for short, high-impact typography such as posters, big headlines, title cards, logos/wordmarks, and packaging where its angular cut-ins can be appreciated. It also fits on-screen display contexts like game UI or event graphics when used at larger sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is forceful and game-like, mixing an industrial, engineered attitude with a retro display sensibility. Its sharp corners and cut-in details give it a confrontational, action-oriented energy that feels suited to bold statements rather than quiet reading.
The design appears aimed at delivering maximum impact through dense, blocky forms while adding visual interest via chiseled corners and stencil-like interruptions. It prioritizes a distinctive, mechanical texture in words, making it a characterful display face for attention-grabbing applications.
The distinctive internal cutouts (notably in rounded and enclosed forms) and the frequent corner nibs create strong patterning in words, especially in uppercase. Numerals follow the same squared, segmented logic, maintaining a consistent, utilitarian texture across mixed alphanumeric settings.