Sans Contrasted Goka 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, gaming, interfaces, techno, industrial, arcade, futuristic, tactical, display impact, tech styling, signage clarity, brand stamp, octagonal, squared, modular, chamfered, compact.
A heavy, geometric sans with a modular, octagonal construction. Strokes are predominantly straight with clipped corners and squared counters, creating a strong, engineered texture. Curves are largely avoided in favor of angled joins and rectangular apertures, giving letters a stenciled, pixel-adjacent feel without being strictly grid-pixel. The rhythm is tight and assertive, with blocky terminals and occasional notch-like details that emphasize the angular theme across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, branding marks, packaging callouts, game titles, UI/overlay labels, and techno or industrial poster work. It can also work for large-format signage where bold, angular forms aid quick recognition, but its dense, blocky construction is less ideal for long-form text at small sizes.
The overall tone feels technical and game-adjacent—confident, mechanical, and slightly retro-digital. Its sharp chamfers and boxy counters evoke hardware labeling, sci-fi interfaces, and arcade-era display lettering.
The design appears intended to deliver a forceful, futuristic display voice through consistent chamfered geometry and squared counters. Its emphasis on rigid structure and high visual mass suggests a focus on strong silhouettes and an engineered, utilitarian aesthetic for modern or retro-tech themed graphics.
Distinctive angularity shows up in key shapes like the V/W with pointed inner joins and the S/Z with stepped, straight segments rather than smooth curves. Numerals follow the same squared logic, producing clear, signage-like figures with strong silhouette recognition.