Sans Other Faru 4 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, logos, packaging, arcade, techno, brutalist, industrial, retro, retro digital, display impact, grid construction, strong silhouettes, pixelated, blocky, squared, modular, angular.
A heavy, modular display sans built from squared-off strokes and sharp, stepped corners. The letterforms show a strong pixel/grid logic with rectangular counters, clipped diagonals, and frequent right-angle transitions, producing a distinctly geometric rhythm. Spacing and sidebearings feel intentionally irregular to match the constructed forms, while strokes remain consistently dense and solid, keeping the texture bold and impact-driven across lines of text.
Best suited for headlines, titles, and branding moments where a bold, retro-tech voice is desirable. It can work well in game UI, event posters, music/tech graphics, and packaging accents, especially when set at display sizes with generous line spacing.
The overall tone is retro-digital and game-like, with a techno-industrial edge. Its chunky, pixel-leaning construction evokes arcade interfaces, early computer graphics, and hardware-era signage, reading as energetic and assertive rather than refined.
The design appears intended to translate pixel and grid-based construction into a bold display alphabet with strong silhouettes and a distinctive digital flavor. Its stepped geometry and dense weight prioritize impact and character over neutrality, aiming to deliver instant recognition in short bursts of text.
Distinctive notches, stepped joins, and squared apertures create strong silhouette recognition at larger sizes, though the tight internal spaces and blocky detailing suggest it will be most effective where the forms can breathe. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same modular logic, reinforcing a cohesive, system-like aesthetic.