Sans Contrasted Gowi 3 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, gaming ui, product packaging, sporty, aggressive, industrial, futuristic, arcade, impact, speed, branding, display, techy, angular, geometric, oblique, compact counters, wedge terminals.
A heavy, angular sans built from broad, slanted strokes and chamfered corners. The letterforms lean forward with a consistent oblique axis, and many joins resolve into sharp wedges rather than smooth curves. Counters are compact and often rectangular, with straight-sided bowls and clipped apertures that create a tight, mechanical rhythm. Proportions emphasize wide, low silhouettes and blocky punctuation-like cut-ins, with occasional stepped details in characters like S and Z reinforcing the faceted construction.
Best suited to short, punchy settings such as headlines, poster titles, team or esports branding, and impact-forward packaging. It can also work for UI labels or on-screen graphics in game and tech contexts where strong silhouettes and an aggressive slant help establish attitude, but it is less ideal for long-form text due to dense counters and emphatic shapes.
The overall tone is assertive and high-energy, reading as sporty and competitive with a distinctly industrial, game-like edge. Its hard angles and forward slant suggest speed, impact, and machinery rather than softness or neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through wide, faceted forms and a persistent forward slant, translating industrial geometry into a display voice that reads fast and forceful. Its consistent chamfers and rectangular counters suggest a deliberate, system-like construction aimed at branding and titling applications.
Uppercase and lowercase are closely related in structure, helping the face feel uniform and logo-oriented in mixed case. The numerals follow the same squared, cut-corner logic, giving figures a bold, signage-ready presence. Diagonal strokes (e.g., in K, V/W, X, Y) are treated as thick wedges, which heightens the sense of motion and mass.