Sans Contrasted Ispe 3 is a very bold, very wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, sports branding, industrial, techno, retro, futuristic, assertive, impact, branding, sci-fi, machined, titling, stencil-like, compressed counters, rounded corners, blocky, notched.
A heavy, block-built sans with squared proportions and softened outer corners. Many letters feature narrow, slit-like counters and consistent internal cut-ins that read as stencil-like notches, producing a distinctive segmented rhythm across the alphabet. Curves (C, O, S) are squarish and tightly enclosed, while diagonals (K, V, W, X, Y, Z) are sharp and geometric. Stroke modulation is expressed less through traditional pen contrast and more through abrupt thinning at joins and cutaways, creating a punchy, engineered texture in both caps and lowercase.
Best suited to headlines, poster titling, logotypes, and short bursts of text where its segmented construction becomes a graphic asset. It can work well for packaging, event graphics, or sports/tech branding where bold shapes and a manufactured feel are desired, while longer reading blocks are more effective with generous size and spacing.
The overall tone is mechanical and high-impact, with a retro-futurist flavor reminiscent of sci‑fi titling and industrial marking. Its built-in notches and compressed counters add tension and urgency, giving text a tactical, techno feel rather than a neutral everyday voice.
The design appears intended as a statement display face: a geometric sans engineered with intentional cutouts to suggest speed, machinery, and modernity. Its consistent notching system and tightly enclosed forms prioritize a memorable silhouette and branded texture over neutral legibility.
At display sizes the repeated internal cut-ins create strong visual branding, but the very tight apertures and counters can reduce clarity in dense paragraphs. The numerals follow the same squared, notched construction, maintaining a consistent, machine-made aesthetic across alphanumerics.