Sans Contrasted Gosy 1 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, logotypes, ui labels, futuristic, techy, arcade, glitchy, industrial, digital aesthetic, sci-fi display, constructed forms, high-impact titles, retro tech, geometric, angular, modular, stencil-like, sharp.
A geometric, modular sans built from squared counters, hard corners, and stepped terminals. Strokes alternate between heavy filled blocks and extremely thin hairline connectors, creating a cut-and-assembled look with abrupt thickness shifts. Many forms feel constructed from rectilinear segments with occasional pointed joins (notably in diagonals and the V/W family), and several glyphs use open corners or small breaks that read as notches or “tabs.” Spacing and widths vary noticeably between letters, while the overall cap height and baseline alignment stay rigid and grid-like.
Best suited to display settings such as titles, poster typography, gaming/tech branding, and interface-like labels where its angular construction and high-contrast detailing remain clear. It can also work for short pull quotes or packaging callouts, but is less ideal for long-form reading due to its thin connectors and broken strokes.
The font communicates a crisp, synthetic tone with strong retro-digital energy. Its block-and-hairline contrast and notched details evoke sci‑fi interfaces, arcade-era graphics, and engineered signage, producing a slightly aggressive, cyber-industrial character.
The design appears intended to translate a strict grid aesthetic into a contemporary display sans, using modular blocks and hairline joins to create a “constructed” look. Its notches and stepped terminals suggest a deliberate techno/industrial motif that emphasizes characterful silhouettes over conventional text comfort.
At smaller sizes the hairline strokes and tiny breaks can become the defining texture, so the design tends to read best when given room to show its interior geometry. The squared bowls and open corner treatments create distinctive silhouettes, but the extreme contrast may reduce legibility in dense text compared with more conventional sans designs.