Sans Other Gisu 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, sports branding, game ui, industrial, sporty, forceful, techno, retro, high impact, rugged feel, tech styling, signage look, display emphasis, octagonal, blocky, stencil-like, chamfered, angular.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with pronounced chamfered corners and octagonal counters that create a cut-metal silhouette. Strokes are largely uniform and geometric, with squared terminals and frequent diagonal notches that break up horizontals and curves, giving many glyphs a clipped, engineered feel. The uppercase is compact and monolithic, while the lowercase maintains the same angular construction with simplified bowls and short, sturdy joins. Numerals follow the same faceted logic, reading as solid, sign-like forms with minimal interior space.
Best suited to large-scale display work where its beveled, octagonal shapes can read clearly—posters, headlines, event graphics, team or club branding, and bold wordmarks. It can also work for short UI labels in games or tech-themed layouts when used with generous size and spacing, but it is less appropriate for long-form reading.
The overall tone is tough and utilitarian, evoking machinery, sports lettering, and hard-edged sci‑fi interfaces. Its sharp bevels and dense mass communicate impact and urgency, with a distinctly retro arcade/industrial edge rather than a neutral modern calm.
The letterforms appear designed to translate a rugged, fabricated aesthetic into a sans: compact, high-impact shapes with consistent chamfers that suggest stamped metal, athletic jersey cuts, or arcade-era techno signage. The intention is clearly to deliver instant presence and a distinctive angular voice rather than typographic neutrality.
The design relies on consistent corner-cut geometry across letters and numbers, which creates a strong texture in blocks of text. Tight interior counters and aggressive notching can reduce clarity at smaller sizes, but at display sizes the faceting becomes a defining visual signature.