Sans Other Olso 1 is a bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: gaming ui, tech branding, posters, headlines, logos, tech, arcade, industrial, futuristic, mechanical, digital feel, impact display, modular system, industrial tone, square, angular, geometric, blocky, stencil-like.
A sharply geometric, square-built sans with heavy, monoline strokes and a distinctly modular construction. Corners are predominantly hard with occasional 45° chamfers, giving many glyphs a cut, machined feel. Counters tend to be rectangular and enclosed spaces are tight, creating a compact, high-impact texture in text. Uppercase forms are especially boxy (notably C, G, O, Q), while diagonals appear as straight, angular joins in letters like K, N, V, W, X, and Y. Numerals follow the same rectilinear logic with squared bowls and straight terminals for a consistent, grid-friendly rhythm.
Best suited to display contexts where its angular geometry can read clearly: gaming and arcade-themed interfaces, sci‑fi or tech branding, posters, packaging, and logo work. It can work for short UI labels or headings, but longer paragraphs may feel heavy due to the tight counters and strong, uniform stroke weight.
The overall tone reads as retro-digital and utilitarian, evoking arcade UI, pixel-adjacent display lettering, and industrial labeling. Its rigid geometry and tight counters give it an assertive, engineered voice that feels more technical than friendly.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, modular, screen-native look—built from simple rectilinear units with chamfered cuts to suggest speed, machinery, and digital hardware. It prioritizes a distinctive silhouette and consistent grid logic over softness or traditional sans proportions.
Distinctive details include chamfered corners on several rounded-implied letters, a squared, framed look in O and D, and a Q with a pronounced angular tail. The lowercase maintains the same modular vocabulary, with simplified, block-like shapes that prioritize structure over calligraphic nuance. At smaller sizes, the dense interior spaces may reduce clarity, while at display sizes the angular cut-ins and rectangular counters become a defining feature.