Sans Other Yora 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, game ui, packaging, techno, retro, modular, arcade, industrial, digital retro, display impact, geometric system, sci-fi styling, geometric, angular, squared, monoline, stencil-like.
A geometric sans built from straight, orthogonal strokes and sharp corners, with occasional diagonal cuts used as terminals and joins. The letterforms favor squared bowls and boxy counters, producing a modular, almost grid-drawn rhythm. Stroke weight is fairly consistent, but many glyphs introduce deliberate gaps, notches, and stepped connections that create a stencil-like, constructed feel. Overall spacing and widths vary by glyph, and the shapes remain crisp and planar rather than rounded.
Best suited to headlines, titles, and short bursts of text where its modular construction can be appreciated. It fits well in game interfaces, tech-themed branding, sci‑fi or cyber aesthetics, and packaging or labels that benefit from a hard-edged, engineered voice. For longer reading, larger sizes and generous tracking help maintain clarity.
The tone is distinctly digital and retro-futuristic, recalling arcade UI, early computer graphics, and sci‑fi display typography. Its angular notches and segmented structure add a mechanical, engineered personality that feels bold and intentional rather than neutral.
The design appears intended as a display face that translates a pixel-adjacent, grid-based construction into clean vector forms. Its notches and segmented joins suggest a deliberate fusion of industrial stencil logic with retro digital styling, prioritizing distinctive silhouette and thematic tone over text neutrality.
Many characters rely on distinctive cuts and openings (especially in bowls and terminals), which increases character but can reduce legibility at small sizes. The design reads most clearly when given room to breathe and enough size for its internal gaps and sharp details to remain visible.