Sans Other Esju 2 is a very bold, very wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, game ui, packaging, techno, arcade, industrial, futuristic, mechanical, display impact, retro tech, ui styling, industrial tone, logo voice, angular, square, blocky, modular, octagonal.
A blocky, modular sans built from straight strokes and squared-off corners, with frequent chamfered/notched cuts that create an octagonal, machine-cut silhouette. Counters are small and sharply rectangular, and many joins are stepped rather than smoothly continuous, giving the forms a pixel-like, engineered feel. The rhythm is dense and compact, with heavy verticals and assertive horizontals; diagonals are minimized or broken into angular segments. Overall spacing reads tight and uniform, emphasizing a rigid, grid-driven construction across letters and numerals.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, logos/wordmarks, esports or game UI, and product or tech branding where a strong geometric voice is desired. It can also work for labels and packaging that benefit from an industrial, modular aesthetic; extended body text may feel heavy and visually insistent.
The design communicates a retro-digital, arcade-and-hardware tone—bold, functional, and slightly aggressive. Its hard geometry and stencil-like notches evoke industrial labeling, sci‑fi interfaces, and game UI typography rather than editorial neutrality.
The font appears designed to deliver a bold, futuristic display voice using a constrained, grid-based construction and repeated notched geometry. Its purpose is likely to provide instant recognizability and a techno-industrial texture across titles and interface-like typography.
Distinctive corner cut-ins and squared apertures are a recurring motif, helping differentiate similar shapes (such as O/Q, C/G, and E/F) through small geometric interventions. The numerals follow the same angular logic, maintaining a consistent, technical texture in mixed text.