Sans Contrasted Enty 16 is a very bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, logotypes, packaging, retro, sporty, playful, futuristic, punchy, impact, motion, branding, distinctiveness, display, rounded, oblique, chunky, soft corners, ink traps.
A heavy, compact sans with an oblique stance and noticeably softened corners. The letterforms are built from chunky verticals and tapered joins, with selective thinning in diagonals and terminals that creates a contrasted, cut-in look. Counters are small and often squarish; several glyphs use stencil-like breaks or notched apertures (notably in forms like B, 8, and some lowercase bowls), giving the face a sculpted, segmented rhythm. The overall proportions are tight and tall, with short extenders and dense spacing that reads as energetic and graphic.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, sports or event branding, and logo wordmarks. It can also work on packaging or UI splash screens where a compact, high-energy voice is needed, but the dense counters and cut-in details suggest using it at larger sizes for clarity.
The tone is bold and spirited, mixing a retro display feel with a streamlined, quasi-tech attitude. Its angled posture and segmented details add motion and a slightly mischievous, arcade-like personality that feels attention-grabbing rather than neutral.
The design appears intended as a display sans that emphasizes momentum and impact through oblique construction, compact width, and stylized cutouts. Its segmented apertures and rounded, block-like forms suggest a goal of delivering a distinctive, brand-ready look with a retro-futuristic edge.
Uppercase and lowercase share a consistent, squarish rounding and a strong vertical emphasis. Numerals match the same blocky logic, with distinctive internal cutouts that improve character recognition at display sizes while reinforcing the font’s branded, modular texture.