Sans Contrasted Erre 5 is a very bold, very wide, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, racing livery, game titles, posters, headlines, racing, aggressive, futuristic, energetic, sporty, impact, motion, performance, tech edge, display, oblique, slanted, rounded corners, chamfered, compressed counters.
A heavily slanted, display-oriented sans with broad proportions and pronounced stroke contrast. Letterforms are built from blocky, aerodynamic shapes with rounded outer corners and frequent angled cut-ins that create sharp terminals and tapered joins. Counters are compact and often rectangular, giving the face a dense, mechanical color; horizontals and diagonals read as fast, sheared planes rather than neutral strokes. The rhythm is tight and forward-leaning, with strong baseline presence and a consistent, engineered geometry across letters and numerals.
Best suited to large-scale applications where its slanted, high-energy forms can dominate: sports identity, racing-themed graphics, video game titles, event posters, and punchy headlines. It can also work for short UI labels or section headers in tech or entertainment contexts when ample size and spacing are available.
The overall tone is speed-driven and assertive, evoking motorsport graphics, sci‑fi interfaces, and action branding. Its bold slant and hard-edged notches project momentum and competitiveness, while the rounded corners keep the aggression polished rather than brutal.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a sense of motion, using sheared geometry, compact counters, and strategic cut-ins to suggest speed and precision. It prioritizes a strong graphic silhouette for branding and titling over neutral, long-form readability.
Distinctive stencil-like interruptions and wedge-shaped ink traps appear throughout, especially in joins and terminals, helping maintain separation in dense shapes at large sizes. Numerals follow the same aerodynamic logic, with squared interior spaces and a low, grounded feel that suits technical or performance-oriented titling.