Sans Other Onba 1 is a bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, gaming, ui titles, techno, sci‑fi, industrial, arcade, modular, futurism, modular system, display impact, tech branding, square, angular, chamfered, stencil-like, geometric.
A square, modular sans built from straight strokes and right angles, with frequent 45° chamfers at corners and terminals. Letterforms are wide and blocky, with monoline stroke behavior and boxy counters that read as cut-outs. Curves are largely avoided in favor of rectangular geometry, producing a pixel-adjacent, constructed look with occasional stencil-like breaks (notably in some diagonals and joins). Spacing is fairly open for such heavy forms, and the overall rhythm stays consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, game branding, and tech/industrial themed graphics where a hard-edged, modular texture is desirable. It can also work for short UI titles or section headers in interface mockups, but extended body text will likely feel dense and repetitive due to the squared counters and uniform stroke logic.
The font projects a futuristic, mechanical tone that evokes arcade graphics, industrial labeling, and sci‑fi interfaces. Its sharp corners and modular construction feel engineered and system-like rather than friendly or literary.
The design appears intended to deliver a strongly geometric, system-built aesthetic with a distinctive chamfered silhouette, prioritizing a futuristic display presence over conventional text readability. Its consistent modular grammar suggests it was drawn to feel like a cohesive set for titles, logos, and themed graphic treatments.
Legibility is strongest at medium-to-large sizes where the chamfers and internal cut-outs remain distinct; at smaller sizes, similar rectangular counters can make some characters feel closer in color and shape. The lowercase follows the same geometric logic as the uppercase, emphasizing a unified, constructed voice over traditional handwritten cues.