Sans Other Esmi 5 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, signage, art deco, stenciled, posterish, architectural, retro-futurist, display impact, geometric styling, stencil texture, brand distinctiveness, retro tone, geometric, modular, cutout, monoline feel, hard-edged.
A geometric, display-oriented sans built from bold, simplified shapes with frequent vertical split-strokes and internal cut-ins that create a stencil/cutout effect. Curves are near-circular and bowls are generous, but many letters are interrupted by narrow gaps or slits, producing strong figure–ground play and a rhythmic pattern of breaks across a line of text. Terminals are mostly squared and abrupt, with occasional sharp diagonals on forms like K, V, W, X, and Y; joins feel constructed and modular rather than calligraphic. Lowercase echoes the uppercase with similarly segmented bowls and a compact, sturdy silhouette, while punctuation and numerals follow the same cut-and-block logic for consistent texture.
Best suited to large-scale display settings where the interior cuts can be appreciated—posters, titles, branding marks, packaging fronts, and signage. It can also work for short subheads or pull quotes when ample size and spacing preserve the stencil-like gaps.
The segmented geometry and dramatic black shapes evoke an Art Deco and retro-industrial mood—confident, theatrical, and slightly mysterious. The repeated cut lines add a coded, mechanical flavor that reads as both vintage signage and modern graphic experimentation, giving headlines a deliberate, engineered voice.
The font appears intended as a distinctive display sans that fuses geometric construction with stencil-style interruptions, creating strong visual identity and an instantly recognizable texture. Its design prioritizes impact and pattern over neutral readability, aiming to make words function as graphic forms.
The design relies on interior negative space to define character, so the distinctive slits become a prominent texture at text sizes; it reads clearest when the breaks remain visibly open. Round letters (C, G, O, Q) emphasize the central vertical division, and the overall line color is dense and attention-grabbing.