Sans Other Ilse 4 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, racing graphics, posters, headlines, logos, fast, aggressive, sporty, industrial, techy, speed emphasis, impact display, mechanical styling, branding punch, angular, slanted, condensed counters, sharp terminals, blocky.
A heavy, forward-slanted display sans with sharply angled terminals and a cut, faceted construction. Strokes stay predominantly monolinear with subtle modulation introduced by the slant and angled joins. Many glyphs show deliberate wedge-like notches and ink-trap style cut-ins, creating tight internal apertures and a distinctly mechanical rhythm. Letterforms are compact and chunky with squared shoulders, flattened curves, and brisk diagonals; figures follow the same clipped, high-impact geometry for a unified texture.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as sports identity systems, racing/event graphics, gaming or action posters, and bold packaging callouts. It can work for compact headlines and subheads where an assertive, kinetic texture is desired, but is less appropriate for long-form reading due to its dense counters and strong slant.
The overall tone is speed-driven and forceful, evoking motorsport graphics, action titling, and hard-edged tech branding. Its sharp cuts and aggressive slant read as energetic and competitive, with a slightly tactical, industrial edge.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum impact with a sense of motion, using angled cuts and compressed apertures to create a streamlined, engineered look that stays consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
The design relies on consistent diagonal stress and repeated corner cut motifs that help stitch words into a single, fast-moving silhouette. At smaller sizes the tight counters and interior cutouts may visually fill in, while at larger sizes the detailing becomes a key part of the personality.