Sans Other Obfa 4 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, posters, logos, headlines, album art, arcade, industrial, sci‑fi, retro, mechanical, display impact, tech aesthetic, arcade nod, industrial feel, blocky, angular, stencil-like, notched, pixel-like.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with tightly packed proportions and an overall rectangular, modular build. Strokes stay uniform and squared-off, with frequent chamfered corners and small notches that create a carved, stencil-like feel inside counters and along joins. Curves are largely suppressed into faceted geometry (notably in C, O, S), and several forms use stepped terminals and internal cut-ins that emphasize a rigid, engineered rhythm. The lowercase follows the same block logic with compact bowls and simplified ascenders/descenders, and the numerals are similarly squared, with inset apertures and flat, slabby silhouettes.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as game UI titling, posters, esports or arcade branding, and logo wordmarks where the angular texture can be appreciated. It also works for packaging or album art that benefits from a retro-tech, industrial voice; extended body text is less ideal due to the tight counters and assertive detailing.
The font conveys a gritty, digital-industrial tone—somewhere between arcade-era display lettering and utilitarian sci‑fi interface text. Its sharp facets, notches, and compressed stance read as mechanical and assertive, with a retro-tech personality that feels game-like and slightly brutalist.
The design appears intended as a display face that translates pixel and stencil cues into a solid geometric sans, prioritizing a distinctive, engineered texture over neutrality. Its consistent notching and chamfering suggest an aim to evoke machinery, sci‑fi interfaces, and arcade typography while staying visually uniform across cases and figures.
Counters are small and often formed by rectangular cutouts, which strengthens the stencil/engraved impression but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. The design relies on consistent geometric motifs (chamfers, steps, internal notches), giving headlines a cohesive, emblematic texture.