Sans Other Obvo 1 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, game ui, sports branding, industrial, techno, arcade, military, brutalist, high impact, sci-fi feel, industrial tone, modular construction, blocky, angular, squared, modular, stencil-like.
A heavy, block-built sans with squared proportions and sharply cut corners. Strokes are uniformly thick and largely orthogonal, with occasional diagonal joins and chamfered terminals that create a notched, machined silhouette. Counters are tight and mostly rectangular (notably in O, D, 0, 8), and apertures tend to be narrow, giving the overall texture a dense, high-impact rhythm. The lowercase mirrors the uppercase’s geometric construction, with a compact, squared bowl/shoulder logic and a tall, sturdy presence across lines.
Best suited to display contexts where its mass and angular detailing can read cleanly—headlines, posters, packaging callouts, esports or sports branding, and game/UI titling. It also works well for short labels or numbers in high-contrast applications where a tough, engineered tone is desired.
The design reads as hard-edged and functional, evoking industrial labeling, arcade-era display type, and sci‑fi interface graphics. Its angular cuts and compressed counters add a sense of toughness and urgency, lending the face a commanding, poster-like voice.
The letterforms appear designed to maximize impact and visual solidity while adding character through consistent chamfers and notches. The overall system suggests a modular, constructed approach aimed at a futuristic/industrial aesthetic rather than neutral text typography.
Distinctive triangular notches and stepped joins appear throughout, helping differentiate similar forms while reinforcing a modular, fabricated feel. At smaller sizes the tight interior spaces and dense blackness can reduce clarity, but at display sizes the cut details become a defining visual feature.