Sans Contrasted Goki 1 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, branding, packaging, techy, retro, industrial, game-like, mechanical, digital vibe, grid geometry, impactful display, system aesthetic, square, angular, monolinear feel, pixel-like, cornered.
A sharply geometric sans with squared bowls, flat terminals, and a consistent, modular construction. Strokes read as largely uniform at typical sizes, with contrast showing up mainly in the way joins and diagonals are cut and how interior counters are shaped. Corners are crisp and often chamfered, producing stepped silhouettes and rectangular apertures, especially in forms like O, C, E, and G. Diagonals in letters such as K, V, W, X, Y, and Z are straight and assertive, giving the design a rigid, engineered rhythm, while the lowercase echoes the same boxy logic with compact counters and minimal curvature.
Best suited to display settings where its angular construction can be a feature: headlines, posters, game/UI mockups, tech branding, packaging, and short blocks of text that benefit from a strong geometric voice. It can also work for labels and wayfinding-style treatments when a rigid, systemized look is desired.
The overall tone feels technical and system-like, evoking digital displays, arcade-era graphics, and utilitarian industrial labeling. Its hard edges and grid-conscious spacing convey precision and a slightly futuristic, constructed character rather than warmth or softness.
The font appears designed to translate a grid-based, engineered aesthetic into a clean sans framework, prioritizing crisp geometry, strong silhouette recognition, and a retro-digital flavor that holds up in bold, high-impact typography.
The design’s square counters and frequent right angles create strong texture in paragraphs, with distinctive silhouettes in letters like Q (with a sharp tail) and G (with an angular internal bar). Numerals follow the same rectilinear scheme, reinforcing a cohesive, signage-oriented aesthetic.