Sans Faceted Vabo 14 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, gaming ui, signage, techno, futuristic, industrial, arcade, aggressive, sci‑fi styling, display impact, systemic geometry, brand distinctiveness, octagonal, angular, chamfered, modular, compact.
This typeface is built from hard, faceted strokes with consistent chamfered corners, replacing curves with planar cuts and octagonal bowls. Stems and horizontals are thick and largely monolinear in feel, with small notches and cut-ins that create a mechanical rhythm. Counters are relatively tight and often rectangular or truncated, while diagonals are handled as stepped facets rather than smooth joins. The overall silhouette is blocky and geometric, with wide letterforms and squared punctuation-like terminals across the set.
Best suited for display typography where its sharp facets and heavy geometry can carry the design—headlines, branding marks, packaging titles, and poster graphics. It also fits game and tech contexts such as interface headings, scoreboards, and futuristic signage. Use generous sizing and spacing when clarity is critical, as the tight counters and angular details can fill in at smaller sizes.
The faceted construction and heavy, engineered silhouettes give the font a sci‑fi and industrial tone. It reads like signage from a game interface or a piece of machinery—confident, forceful, and intentionally synthetic. The sharp edges and clipped curves add a sense of speed and impact suited to high-energy visual systems.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, machine-made aesthetic into a compact, highly stylized sans. By using consistent chamfers and planar cuts, it aims for a distinctive, futuristic voice that stays cohesive across capitals, lowercase, and numerals while prioritizing impact over neutrality.
Lowercase forms largely echo the uppercase geometry, reinforcing a unified, modular voice rather than a calligraphic contrast between cases. Distinctive angular joins and clipped apertures can create striking word shapes, but the dense counters and aggressive corners suggest it will be most legible at display sizes rather than in long text. Numerals follow the same faceted logic, keeping proportions and corner treatment consistent for UI-style readouts.