Sans Contrasted Wazo 12 is a bold, wide, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, logotypes, packaging, sporty, retro, assertive, fast, industrial, impact, speed, distinctiveness, branding, slanted, condensed joins, ink-trap feel, beveled cuts, engineered.
A slanted, heavy sans with pronounced stroke modulation and distinctly engineered terminals. Many joins and ends are cut on diagonals, creating sharp wedges and a slightly stencil-like, segmented feeling without fully breaking the strokes. Counters are compact and oval, the curves are taut, and the overall rhythm is forward-leaning with a tight, energetic spacing in text. The design mixes broad vertical masses with thinner cross-strokes and occasional notches that add crisp definition, especially in the capitals and numerals.
This font is best suited to display work such as posters, headlines, branding marks, and packaging where its slanted stance and carved terminals can read as intentional style. It performs particularly well in sports or performance-themed identities, event graphics, and punchy promotional layouts that benefit from a fast, emphatic texture.
The overall tone is energetic and forceful, with a strong sense of speed and momentum. Its angular cuts and forward slant evoke performance-oriented lettering and mid-to-late 20th-century display typography, giving it a confident, slightly aggressive voice. The contrast and sculpted terminals also contribute a technical, engineered personality.
The design appears intended to deliver a high-impact, speed-inflected sans with a distinctive cut-terminal signature. By combining strong weight with visible modulation and angular shaping, it aims to stand out in display settings while keeping letterforms clean enough for short text lines and stacked headlines.
Distinctive cut-ins and diagonal slicing create a consistent visual motif across upper- and lowercase, helping maintain clarity at larger sizes while adding texture in longer lines. Numerals follow the same sporty construction, with compact bowls and sharp junctions that keep the set visually unified in headings and short bursts of copy.