Pixel Dash Abry 7 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, event graphics, album art, glitchy, retro tech, scanline, kinetic, playful, texture effect, tech aesthetic, retro futurism, display impact, motion feel, striped, stenciled, broken, banding, rounded.
A rounded, geometric sans with letterforms built from repeated horizontal breaks that create a scanline/striped texture through every glyph. Strokes are generally monoline in feel, but the deliberate interruptions produce a flickering rhythm and a slightly uneven color across counters and curves. Terminals are soft and rounded, and the shapes keep clear, simple construction (circular O, open C, straightforward bowls), helping maintain legibility despite the banded cutouts. Numerals and lowercase follow the same segmented system, with consistent striping density and alignment that reads like sliced layers across the x-height and cap height.
Best suited for display use where its scanline texture can be appreciated—headlines, posters, packaging, branding accents, and music/tech event graphics. It can also work for short UI labels or motion graphics when a digital-interference feel is desired, but extended body text will likely feel busy due to the repeated breaks.
The repeated horizontal gaps evoke CRT scanlines, signal interference, and digital distortion, giving the face a techy, glitch-adjacent character. It feels energetic and contemporary while nodding to retro computing and arcade graphics, with a playful “broken stencil” attitude that adds motion even in static text.
The design appears intended to merge a clean rounded sans skeleton with a deliberate horizontal fragmentation, creating a distinctive textured voice without fully sacrificing basic letter clarity. The consistent, system-like striping suggests an aim for a cohesive “signal/scanline” effect across the entire character set.
Because the internal striping reduces solid stroke area, the font’s perceived weight can fluctuate by letter and at small sizes; larger settings allow the pattern to read as an intentional texture rather than noise. The consistent banding across curves and straight stems creates a strong, graphic signature that stands out in headlines and short phrases.