Sans Other Obba 1 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'ATF Poster Gothic' by ATF Collection, 'Gainsborough' by Fenotype, 'Block Capitals' by K-Type, 'Hemispheres' by Runsell Type, and 'Hockeynight Sans' by XTOPH (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, gaming ui, packaging, industrial, techno, arcade, brutalist, mechanical, impact, futurism, branding, display, signage, angular, blocky, stencil-like, compressed, monoline.
A heavy, rectilinear sans with tightly drawn, compressed proportions and a strong monoline feel. Letterforms are constructed from straight segments with sharp corners, stepped terminals, and frequent triangular notches that carve into joins and diagonals. Counters tend to be small and squarish, giving the face a dense, high-impact texture, while spacing and widths vary by character to preserve rigid geometry. The overall silhouette reads as engineered and modular, with a distinctly chiseled, cut-out look across both uppercase and lowercase.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as posters, headlines, logos, and attention-grabbing packaging. The dense shapes and small counters hold up especially well at larger sizes and in high-contrast applications like signage or on-screen titles for games and tech-themed interfaces.
The font conveys an industrial, techno energy with a retro arcade edge. Its hard angles and carved details suggest machinery, warning labels, and digital-era display lettering, creating a bold, assertive tone that feels built for impact rather than subtlety.
This design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact display voice using modular, angular construction. The carved notches and stepped geometry add distinctiveness and motion, differentiating it from straightforward geometric sans styles while keeping a strictly engineered, utilitarian structure.
The distinctive notched cuts on diagonals and joins add a quasi-stencil personality without fully breaking strokes, and they create a consistent rhythm in words at headline sizes. Numerals and capitals share the same squared construction, reinforcing a uniform, block-graphic voice across alphanumerics.