Sans Other Jiho 5 is a bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, logos, gaming, techno, futuristic, digital, angular, industrial, sci-fi tone, tech branding, modular system, high impact, square, geometric, modular, sharp, stencil-like.
A geometric, square-built sans with monoline strokes and predominantly right-angle construction. Corners are crisp with occasional diagonal cuts and notched terminals that create a segmented, almost stencil-like feel. Counters tend toward rectangular forms, and many glyphs use open apertures or cut-ins rather than smooth curves, producing a rigid, modular rhythm. Proportions read fairly extended horizontally, with compact inner spaces and strong, blocky silhouettes that stay consistent across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Best suited for display typography where its angular construction can read as intentional and characterful—headlines, posters, game/UI titling, and technology branding. It can also work for short labels or signage-style treatments where a rigid, schematic feel is desirable, but its notched details may become busy in long-form reading.
The overall tone is futuristic and machine-driven, evoking digital interfaces, sci-fi titling, and industrial signage. Its sharp cuts and boxed forms feel technical and assertive, prioritizing impact and structure over warmth or softness.
The design appears intended to translate a modular, digital/industrial aesthetic into a compact, high-impact sans, using squared geometry and deliberate cut-ins to create a distinctive voice. The consistent construction across the set suggests a focus on strong branding and sci-fi/tech atmospheres rather than neutral text economy.
In text, the distinctive corner notches and squared counters remain prominent, giving the face a highly branded look. The numerals match the same modular logic, with segmented shapes and rectangular bowls that reinforce the engineered aesthetic.