Sans Other Hizu 3 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, reverse italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, packaging, apparel, industrial, sports, aggressive, retro, impactful, compact impact, speed cue, rugged utility, logo display, condensed, slanted, blocky, angular, stencil-like counters.
A condensed, heavy sans with a consistent backward slant and compact proportions. The letterforms are built from chunky, mostly straight strokes with sharp corners and occasional chamfered cuts, producing a rugged, machined geometry. Counters are small and often appear as narrow vertical slots, giving many glyphs a semi-stenciled feel. Curves are minimized and squared off, with tight apertures and strong, poster-like massing that stays readable at larger sizes.
This design is best suited to display settings where strong impact is desired—posters, headlines, badges, and short callouts. It works well for sports branding, apparel graphics, and packaging that benefits from a tough, industrial voice, and it can add a retro action feel to game, event, or entertainment titling.
The overall tone is forceful and energetic, with a gritty, industrial edge. Its backward slant and compressed rhythm create a sense of speed and tension, evoking vintage athletic lettering, action branding, and bold display titling.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch in a compact width, combining a backward slant with blocky construction to create urgency and attitude. The small, slot-like counters and squared curves suggest an aim toward rugged, industrial legibility and a distinctive, logo-friendly texture.
Uppercase and lowercase share a similarly compact, block-driven construction, which reduces the usual contrast between cases and reinforces a uniform texture in lines of text. Numerals follow the same squared, condensed logic with small internal openings, matching the font’s punchy, utilitarian personality.