Sans Other Selo 13 is a bold, very narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Bilokos' by AukimVisuel and 'Stallman Round' by Par Défaut (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, display, signage, logos, industrial, techno, retro, mechanical, condensed, space-saving, high impact, tech styling, signage feel, geometric, rectilinear, modular, angular, high-contrast texture.
A tall, tightly compressed sans built from rectilinear, modular strokes with crisp right angles and occasional chamfered corners. Counters are narrow and often squared or slit-like, creating a strong vertical rhythm and a dense, high-ink silhouette. Terminals are blunt and uniform, and many forms rely on straight segments and stepped joins rather than curves, giving the alphabet a constructed, schematic feel. Figures follow the same logic with squared bowls and straight-sided proportions, staying consistent in weight and spacing across the set.
Best suited to display settings where its compressed stance and rigid geometry can create impact—posters, titles, branding marks, packaging callouts, and techno/industrial themed graphics. It can also work for signage-style labels and UI accents when used at sufficiently large sizes to preserve its tight counters and angular detail.
The overall tone is industrial and techno, with a retro digital/arcade edge. Its rigid geometry and narrow apertures read as mechanical and utilitarian, suggesting signage, devices, and engineered systems rather than handwriting or editorial warmth.
The font appears designed to deliver a compact, high-impact voice with a distinctly constructed, modular look. Its disciplined verticality and squared apertures emphasize efficiency and a machine-made aesthetic, prioritizing presence and style over softness or long-form readability.
The condensed build and tight internal spaces make the texture feel strong and “stacked” in lines of text, while the squared shapes keep wordforms sharply articulated. The design’s blocky construction becomes especially prominent in small counters and at joins, where the stepped geometry is part of the character rather than a smoothing artifact.