Sans Other Olbo 4 is a very bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, gaming, branding, album art, techno, arcade, industrial, futuristic, aggressive, display impact, tech aesthetic, sci-fi styling, logo-ready, angular, blocky, stenciled, faceted, high-contrast.
A heavy, squared sans with sharply angular construction and mostly uniform stroke weight. Forms are built from rectilinear stems and faceted diagonals, with frequent chamfered corners and occasional triangular notches that create a cut-out, stencil-like feel. Counters tend to be small and geometric (often rectangular), producing a dense color and strong silhouette at display sizes. Spacing and rhythm read tight and compact, with distinctive, sometimes idiosyncratic interior cuts that emphasize a hard-edged, mechanical geometry.
Best suited for display typography such as titles, posters, packaging accents, esports or gaming UI elements, and brand marks that benefit from a hard-edged, futuristic voice. It performs most reliably in short lines where its angular details can read clearly, and less so in long-form copy or small UI labels.
The overall tone is bold and confrontational, with a distinctly digital/arcade flavor. Its sharp corners and carved details evoke sci‑fi interfaces, game titles, and industrial signage rather than neutral text typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a distinctive, geometric display voice with a techno-industrial edge, prioritizing silhouette impact and stylized cut-ins over conventional legibility. It aims to feel modern and engineered, with a constructed, modular look that stands out in branding and title treatments.
Several glyphs use interior apertures and inset shapes as design features, which adds character but can reduce clarity at small sizes. The sharp joins and wedge-like terminals create a dynamic, slightly “weaponized” texture in headlines and short phrases.