Sans Other Ipso 5 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, game ui, packaging, futuristic, aggressive, industrial, arcade, metal, display impact, sci-fi styling, branding edge, signage punch, title treatment, angular, geometric, chiseled, faceted, blackletter-tinged.
A heavy, angular display sans built from straight strokes and sharp, faceted corners. The forms are largely monolinear and geometric, with frequent wedge cuts, triangular joins, and clipped terminals that create a fractured silhouette. Counters tend to be small and often appear as angular notches or squared apertures, contributing to a compact, high-impact texture. Capitals and lowercase share a consistent constructed logic, with blocky bowls and pointed diagonals that keep the rhythm taut in both headline and short-text settings.
Best suited for large-scale display work where its angular construction and compact counters can read as intentional styling: posters, esports and game UI titles, album or event graphics, brand marks, and bold packaging callouts. It can also work for short labels or signage when a hard-edged, futuristic voice is desired.
The overall tone feels combative and tech-forward, like signage for a sci‑fi faction, arcade cabinet titling, or industrial branding. Its sharp edges and carved-in look evoke speed, armor, and hard surfaces, pushing the voice toward dramatic, high-energy messaging rather than neutrality.
The font appears designed to deliver a strong, stylized identity through geometric, cut-metal letterforms that feel engineered rather than written. Its consistent faceting and tightly controlled counters suggest an aim to create a distinctive display face that signals power, technology, and intensity.
The design leans on pronounced diagonal cuts and internal “bite” details that give many letters a distinctive, emblem-like personality. Numerals follow the same faceted construction, keeping the set visually unified and emphasizing impact over softness or traditional readability at small sizes.