Sans Other Orba 16 is a very bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, gaming ui, tech branding, techno, futuristic, industrial, arcade, sci‑fi, high impact, digital voice, modular geometry, ui display, retro tech, squared, angular, blocky, stencil-like, geometric.
A heavy, squared sans built from straight strokes and crisp 45° chamfers, producing a strongly modular, almost pixel-like silhouette. Counters are rectangular and often partially closed or notched, giving many letters a cut-out, stencil-adjacent construction while maintaining consistent stroke weight. The proportions run broad with compact apertures, and the rhythm is driven by flat terminals, hard corners, and occasional inset breaks that create distinctive internal spacing in forms like E, S, and 2.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, logos, esports and gaming UI, tech branding, packaging callouts, and event posters. It also works well for interface-style display text where an angular, digital feel is desired, while longer body copy benefits from larger sizes and generous spacing.
The overall tone feels mechanical and futuristic, with a retro-digital edge reminiscent of arcade UI, sci‑fi interfaces, and industrial labeling. Its assertive geometry reads bold and utilitarian, prioritizing impact and a technical attitude over softness or calligraphic nuance.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, system-like aesthetic through modular geometry, chamfered corners, and partially closed counters. The consistent, engineered construction suggests a focus on strong presence and a recognizable sci‑fi/tech voice in display typography.
The lowercase follows the same squared logic as the uppercase, keeping ascenders and descenders minimal and reinforcing a uniform, engineered texture in text. Numerals and punctuation match the chamfered construction, and the tight apertures can make dense passages feel darker, especially at smaller sizes.