Sans Other Esma 10 is a very bold, very wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, game ui, tech branding, techno, futuristic, industrial, arcade, mechanical, sci‑fi display, modular system, digital styling, impactful branding, coded aesthetic, modular, geometric, angular, stencil-like, blocky.
A modular, geometric sans built from rectangular strokes and sharp corners, with frequent right-angle turns and occasional chamfered or diagonally cut joins. Counters are often partially enclosed or slit open, creating a stencil-like rhythm with alternating solid blocks and thin negative channels. Proportions lean wide and squared, while many forms maintain a tall lowercase presence and compact apertures that emphasize the grid-based construction. The overall texture is highly graphic, with crisp edges and a deliberately segmented, engineered look rather than continuous curves.
Best suited to display typography where its angular, modular construction can read clearly—such as posters, album art, tech branding, esports or game UI, and interface labels. It can work for short bursts of copy in large sizes, but the stencil-like gaps and compact counters make it less comfortable for long-form text.
The font reads as futuristic and machine-made, evoking control panels, arcade UI, and sci‑fi titling. Its block-and-slot structure feels assertive and technical, with an industrial edge that can also suggest glitchy, cyberpunk styling in display settings.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, grid-driven, futuristic voice: a sans with intentionally segmented strokes and engineered geometry that stands out in titles and branding. It prioritizes striking silhouette and sci‑fi texture over neutral readability, aiming for a distinctive, constructed identity.
Several glyphs use cut-ins, notches, and open terminals to differentiate similar shapes, producing a distinctive, coded appearance at larger sizes. The segmented details create strong visual character but can reduce clarity when set small or tightly, especially where narrow internal gaps carry key letter identity.