Sans Other Waku 9 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, gaming, sci-fi ui, tech branding, techno, retro, industrial, digital, modular, display impact, digital feel, industrial utility, geometric construction, square, angular, monoline, geometric, mechanical.
A squared, modular sans built from straight strokes and right angles, with occasional 45° diagonals (notably in V/W/X/Y/K). Terminals are blunt and largely uniform, giving the letters a monoline, constructed feel. Counters are mostly rectangular (O/0 as squared bowls; C/G as open boxes), and curves are minimized in favor of stepped corners and cut-ins, producing a crisp pixel-adjacent silhouette without being strictly grid-pixel. Spacing reads on the open side and the proportions lean horizontally, while lowercase forms mirror the same rectilinear logic and keep a compact, engineered rhythm across text.
Best suited to headlines, titles, and short bursts of text where its geometric construction can read as a deliberate stylistic cue. It works especially well for sci‑fi or gaming interfaces, tech/event posters, product marks, and industrial/wayfinding-inspired graphics, and can also serve as a punchy accent in motion graphics.
The overall tone is utilitarian and futuristic, evoking digital displays, arcade-era sci‑fi, and industrial labeling. Its sharp geometry and squared apertures create a cool, technical voice that feels more synthetic than humanist.
The design appears intended to translate a digital/display sensibility into a clean, vector-like alphabet: sharp corners, rectilinear counters, and consistent stroke behavior that prioritize a futuristic, engineered look over traditional typographic warmth.
Distinctive details include boxy bowls on D/O/Q with tight rectangular counters, a squared S/Z with segmented stroke transitions, and an angular W/V that emphasizes diagonals over curves. Numerals follow the same display-like construction, with straightened forms and clear, stencil-like breaks in places that enhance the mechanical character.