Pixel Other Efba 9 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: ui labels, instrument panels, digital posters, tech branding, headlines, digital, technical, retro, instrumental, minimal, segment display, digital mimicry, retro tech, schematic clarity, numeric focus, segmented, monoline, rounded terminals, angular, modular.
A segmented, modular display face built from short straight strokes with small gaps at joins, creating a quantized, instrument-like construction. Strokes are monoline and end in squared-off, slightly rounded terminals, producing a crisp but not harsh edge. Curves are implied through stepped segments, and counters tend to be open or partially broken where segments disconnect, giving letters a distinctly mechanical rhythm. Overall spacing is even and the glyphs maintain consistent segment geometry across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, with letterforms adapting width as needed rather than locking to a strict grid.
Best suited for short bursts of text such as interface labels, HUD-style overlays, instrumentation graphics, posters, and titles where a digital-display voice is desirable. It also works well for number-heavy settings like counters, timers, and scoreboards, and as a stylistic accent in tech or retro computing themes.
The font reads as electronic and utilitarian, evoking calculators, clocks, and lab equipment interfaces. Its broken strokes and modular structure give it a retro-futuristic, engineered feel—cool, controlled, and data-oriented rather than expressive or handwritten.
The design appears intended to reinterpret segmented electronic displays into an alphabetic typeface, preserving the telltale broken-stroke construction while keeping letterforms readable in continuous text. It prioritizes a consistent segment system and a clean, engineered rhythm over traditional serif/sans detailing.
Uppercase and lowercase share a closely related construction, and many shapes borrow from seven-/fourteen-segment logic, which can make some characters feel schematic. The intentional gaps and segmented joins are a key part of its identity and become more pronounced at smaller sizes or on low-resolution displays.