Sans Faceted Nibi 9 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, labels, ui display, industrial, technical, retro, utilitarian, athletic, geometric rigidity, strong legibility, mechanical tone, display impact, octagonal, chamfered, angular, blocky, stencil-like.
A compact, blocky sans with squared proportions and consistent stroke weight. Curves are largely replaced by straight segments and clipped corners, producing octagonal bowls in letters like O/Q and faceted joins across the set. Terminals are blunt and flat, with short horizontal bars and tight apertures that keep counters relatively small. The overall rhythm is even and mechanical, with clear alignment and uniform character widths that emphasize a rigid grid-like texture in text.
Best suited to short headlines, posters, and signage where the angular geometry can be a defining visual motif. It also works well for labels, dashboards, and UI display contexts that benefit from a disciplined, technical texture and strong silhouette.
The faceted construction and hard corners create a technical, industrial tone with a subtle retro flavor. It evokes labels, equipment markings, and athletic or institutional lettering—confident, sturdy, and no-nonsense rather than friendly or expressive.
The design appears intended to translate a rigid, engineered aesthetic into a highly legible alphabet by substituting curves with planar facets and maintaining a consistent, grid-aligned structure. The goal seems to be a robust, reproducible look that holds its character in bold settings such as titles, identifiers, and marked information.
Uppercase forms read especially architectural, with chamfered diagonals on A/V/W and clipped corners on C/G/S that keep shapes crisp at display sizes. Numerals follow the same octagonal logic, with a distinctly framed 0 and sturdy, angular 2/3/5 forms.