Sans Other Sowu 2 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: game ui, retro computing, tech branding, interface labels, posters, pixel, retro tech, arcade, industrial, utilitarian, pixel aesthetic, digital ui, retro feel, systematic geometry, rectilinear, modular, blocky, square, crisp.
A rectilinear, modular sans built from straight strokes and hard right angles, with squared counters and an overall grid-like construction. Curves are largely avoided in favor of stepped or chamferless corners, producing a clean, geometric rhythm across capitals and lowercase. The forms read as tightly engineered and screen-friendly, with consistent stroke thickness and a compact, mechanical spacing feel that reinforces its structured texture in text.
Well suited to game UI, HUDs, retro-computing themes, and interface labels where a pixel-adjacent, grid-based look is desired. It can also work for tech branding, event posters, and packaging accents when you want a controlled, engineered texture and high contrast against simple backgrounds.
The font conveys a distinctly retro-digital tone—evoking early computer terminals, arcade interfaces, and pixel-era UI graphics. Its strict geometry and minimal detailing feel technical and utilitarian, giving headlines and short lines a crisp, electronic personality.
The design appears intended to translate pixel and terminal-era aesthetics into a consistent, typographic system: straight-stroked, modular letterforms that remain legible while keeping a strongly digital, schematic character.
Several glyphs use simplified, angular substitutions where rounded anatomy would normally appear (notably in bowls and diagonals), creating a deliberately constructed, stencil-like impression without breaks. The overall texture is even and stable, with strong verticals and emphatic horizontal terminals that keep words looking orderly and schematic.