Sans Other Segu 8 is a bold, very narrow, monoline, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, signage, packaging, art deco, machine age, techno, condensed, industrial, space saving, retro modern, architectural, high impact, display focus, geometric, rectilinear, angular, tall, staccato.
A tall, tightly condensed sans with monoline strokes and strongly rectilinear construction. Curves are minimized into squared corners and narrow, rounded-rectangle counters, creating a rigid vertical rhythm. Terminals are clean and blunt, with frequent right-angle turns and occasional stepped joins that read as modular rather than calligraphic. Uppercase forms are especially elongated, while the lowercase remains compact with a notably small x-height, producing pronounced ascenders and descenders in text.
Best suited to display settings where height and compact width are advantages, such as posters, titles, wordmarks, and vertical or space-constrained signage. It can also work for short UI labels or packaging accents when used at sizes large enough to preserve the narrow counters and angular details.
The overall tone feels Art Deco and machine-made—sleek, architectural, and slightly retro-futurist. Its narrow proportions and hard corners create a brisk, controlled voice that suggests signage, instrumentation, and streamlined display lettering rather than casual reading.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact display voice with a streamlined, architectural flavor. By emphasizing verticality, squared counters, and modular construction, it aims for a distinctive retro-modern presence that stands out in short phrases and branding.
Spacing and internal counters are tight, so the design maintains a consistent dark, vertical texture even at larger sizes. The distinctive geometry gives many letters a near-monolithic silhouette, making word shapes depend heavily on the few horizontal strokes and notches for differentiation.