Sans Contrasted Puga 4 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, branding, packaging, industrial, techno, brutalist, military, retro, impact, mechanical tone, graphic texture, futurism, stencil effect, angular, geometric, stencil-like, faceted, notched.
A blocky, geometric display sans built from tall rectangular stems and sharply angled joins, with frequent triangular notches that cut into counters and terminals. The forms read as constructed from slabs: corners are hard, curves are largely suppressed, and round letters are squared off into straight-sided shapes. Stroke behavior shows deliberate contrast created by deep cut-ins and narrow internal channels rather than smooth modulation, giving many glyphs a split-stem, stencil-like feel. Spacing and widths vary by letter, but the overall rhythm stays rigid and grid-oriented, with heavy mass and compact apertures.
Best suited to high-impact display settings such as posters, headlines, title cards, album artwork, and bold branding where the angular cut-ins can be appreciated. It also fits packaging, signage, and game/tech themed graphics, especially at medium-to-large sizes where the interior notches remain clear.
The tone is assertive and mechanical, evoking industrial labeling, sci‑fi interfaces, and hard-edged poster typography. The faceted cutouts add a coded, engineered character that feels tactical and retro-futuristic rather than friendly or conversational.
The design appears intended to translate a rigid, engineered look into a readable alphabet by combining slab-like geometry with systematic cutouts that create contrast and visual interest. The consistent notching strategy suggests an aim toward a stencil/industrial voice that remains distinctive in both uppercase and lowercase.
Diagonal elements (notably in V, W, X, Y, Z and several numerals) are rendered as sharp wedges, reinforcing the chiseled aesthetic. The numerals and lowercase maintain the same notched construction, producing a consistent, logo-like texture in all-caps and mixed-case settings.