Sans Other Gimo 5 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, game ui, packaging, industrial, arcade, brutalist, playful, aggressive, display impact, retro tech, graphic punch, diy texture, blocky, angular, chiseled, stencil-like, geometric.
A heavy, block-driven sans with sharply chamfered corners and occasional notch cuts that create a chiseled, almost cut-paper silhouette. Counters are small and often squared, giving letters a compact internal rhythm and a strong, poster-like texture. Strokes stay monolinear, but widths and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing a slightly irregular, hand-cut feel while remaining consistently geometric. The lowercase is tall and sturdy with minimal curvature, and numerals follow the same squared, cut-corner construction for a unified set.
Best suited for headlines, posters, logos, and packaging where impact and a distinctive silhouette matter more than quiet readability. It also fits game or event graphics that want a chunky, angular, retro-tech flavor, especially in short bursts of text.
The overall tone feels industrial and arcade-adjacent—bold, loud, and a bit mischievous. Its hard angles and carved details read as assertive and mechanical, while the uneven widths add a playful, DIY edge.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through dense black shapes, angular geometry, and carved corner details, while introducing character via deliberately uneven widths. It reads like a constructed display sans meant to feel mechanical and handmade at the same time.
The square apertures and tight counters make the design most comfortable at larger sizes, where the interior shapes and notch details can stay clear. The notched diagonals and stepped joins create a distinctive rhythm in all-caps settings and give word shapes a jagged, energetic profile.