Sans Other Waki 4 is a bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, gaming, branding, techno, retro, industrial, sci-fi, arcade, futurism, system feel, impact, modular design, geometric consistency, square, angular, modular, geometric, stencil-like.
A hard-edged, modular sans built from straight strokes and right angles, with frequent 45° chamfers at corners and joins. Counters tend to be rectangular or boxy, and many curves are translated into stepped or clipped forms, creating a pixel-adjacent, techno rhythm without becoming a true bitmap. Uppercase proportions feel expansive and wide, while the lowercase is simplified and geometric with compact apertures and a square, engineered texture. Numerals and capitals share a consistent rectangular construction, emphasizing uniform stroke logic and crisp terminals.
Best suited to display sizes where its chamfered corners and rectangular counters can read clearly—such as headlines, posters, game/UI theming, tech branding, album art, and event graphics. It can also work for short labels or navigation elements when ample tracking and line spacing are available.
The overall tone reads futuristic and utilitarian, evoking electronic interfaces, arcade-era graphics, and industrial labeling. Its squared geometry and clipped diagonals give it a purposeful, mechanical confidence that feels technical rather than friendly.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, system-like voice through geometric, rectilinear construction—prioritizing a distinctive, tech-forward silhouette over conventional text neutrality.
Diagonal strokes are used sparingly and typically as bevels or sharp joins (notably in letters like V, W, X, Y, and K), reinforcing a faceted, machined look. The sample text shows a tight, blocky word shape with distinctive angular silhouettes and prominent rectangular counters, which helps headlines feel assertive and engineered.