Sans Contrasted Edfa 5 is a regular weight, very wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, branding, packaging, retro, techy, futuristic, playful, sleek, display impact, retro futurism, stylized modernism, brand distinctiveness, rounded corners, flared terminals, soft geometry, expanded, display.
This typeface uses a broad, expanded stance with rounded rectangles and softly curved joins throughout. Strokes show clear modulation, with thicker verticals and hairline-like cross-strokes and connectors, creating a crisp, high-contrast rhythm even in a sans structure. Terminals frequently flare into small horizontal caps or scooped endings, giving many letters a subtly bracketed feel without true serifs. Counters are generous and often squarish-oval, and the overall construction favors smooth, continuous curves over sharp angles, producing a clean but characterful silhouette.
Best suited to headlines and short passages where its expanded width and distinctive contrast can be appreciated. It works well for logos, brand wordmarks, packaging, and poster titling—especially in themes that lean retro, tech, or futuristic. For longer text, it’s most effective in larger sizes where the fine connectors and flared terminals remain clear.
The combination of wide proportions, glossy curves, and tapered connectors evokes a retro-futurist, techno display tone—part mid-century modern, part sci‑fi signage. Its polished shapes feel upbeat and slightly whimsical, while the contrast and expansion add a sense of drama suited to attention-grabbing settings.
The design appears intended as a display sans with a strong identity: expanded proportions, controlled contrast, and softened corners to balance precision with approachability. The flared terminals and modulated strokes suggest a goal of making a futuristic or modernist voice feel more human and stylized rather than purely utilitarian.
The numerals and lowercase echo the same rounded, flared-terminal logic, giving the set a cohesive, engineered look. The wide set-width and distinctive terminals make word shapes highly stylized, especially in mixed-case text, where the short-looking lowercase presence keeps the line visually open and airy.