Shadow Upha 9 is a very light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, album art, game ui, branding, sci‑fi, retro, edgy, glitchy, industrial, tech styling, visual texture, dramatic display, sci‑fi signage, modular design, stencil-like, segmented, cut-out, angular, geometric.
A sharply segmented display face built from thin, consistent strokes with frequent intentional breaks and cut-ins. Many curves are partially “sliced” into arcs, while straights often terminate with squared ends, producing a modular, constructed rhythm. The cut-out detailing creates small interior voids and an offset-like secondary presence, reading as a subtle shadowed duplication rather than a continuous outline. Proportions stay relatively compact with crisp corners and disciplined spacing, giving words a jagged, technical texture.
Best suited to display applications where the cut-out segmentation and shadowed accents can be appreciated: headlines, posters, album/film titles, game UI screens, and tech-leaning branding. It can also work for short pulls, labels, or packaging where a mechanical, engineered feel is desired, but is less appropriate for long-form reading.
The overall tone feels futuristic and mechanical, with a retro-digital edge reminiscent of stenciled labeling and sci‑fi interfaces. The broken strokes and offset accents add a restless, glitchy energy that reads assertive and stylized rather than neutral.
The design appears intended to deliver a constructed, high-tech look by combining thin strokes with deliberate interruptions and offset-like detailing that suggests depth and motion. The consistent modular treatment across the alphabet aims for a distinctive texture in words while keeping letterforms recognizable.
In text, the repeated gaps and sliced terminals create a strong patterning effect; at smaller sizes those details can visually merge, while at larger sizes they become a defining feature. Numerals and capitals share the same segmented logic, keeping headings and mixed-case settings visually cohesive.