Sans Other Obda 7 is a very bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, logotypes, titling, arcade, techno, industrial, sci‑fi, retro, impact, retro tech, display legibility, stylization, geometric, angular, blocky, stencil‑like, square counters.
A heavy, squared-off display sans built from rigid rectilinear strokes and sharp corners. Letterforms lean on boxy silhouettes, with many bowls and counters rendered as squared apertures or slot-like cutouts, giving an almost stencil-like construction in places. Curves are largely suppressed in favor of stepped or chamfered diagonals, producing a pixel-adjacent rhythm without being a true bitmap. Spacing and widths vary by glyph, but the overall texture stays compact and dense, with strong, high-contrast figure/ground created by the large black masses and small internal counters.
Best suited to headlines, posters, title screens, and branding that needs a bold techno or arcade flavor. It can work well for game UI labels, packaging callouts, and event graphics where compact, high-impact letterforms are desirable, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The font conveys a distinctly retro-digital tone—part arcade cabinet, part early computing—with an assertive, mechanical attitude. Its sharp geometry reads energetic and slightly aggressive, suggesting action, technology, and game-like interfaces rather than quiet editorial use.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through strict geometric construction and a retro-digital feel, offering a stylized alternative to conventional sans faces for display settings. Its squared counters and stepped diagonals emphasize a constructed, machine-like voice aimed at attention-grabbing typography.
Diagonal strokes appear as hard wedges and angular joins, while round letters are reinterpreted as squared forms, reinforcing a consistent grid-driven logic across capitals, lowercase, and numerals. The small counters and heavy terminals create a punchy silhouette that holds up best at larger sizes where the internal cutouts remain clear.