Sans Faceted Labo 13 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, ui titles, game graphics, techno, industrial, sci‑fi, arcade, futuristic, digital aesthetic, geometric system, display impact, retro futurism, angular, chamfered, octagonal, geometric, blocky.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with consistent chamfers that create an octagonal, faceted silhouette across the alphabet. Strokes read as monolinear with crisp joins and a generally squared, modular construction; counters are boxy and often inset like cut-outs. The forms are wide-shouldered and stable, with a slightly mechanical rhythm that stays consistent between uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display roles where its faceted geometry can read clearly—headlines, posters, branding marks, game titles, and interface labels. It also works well for short technical callouts and numeric-heavy elements (scores, timers, model numbers) where the angular styling becomes a visual feature.
The overall tone feels engineered and digital, with an assertive, utilitarian edge. Its sharp facets and simplified geometry evoke retro-future interfaces, arcade hardware, and industrial labeling rather than humanist warmth.
The design appears intended to translate a hard-edged, polygonal aesthetic into a clean sans structure, emphasizing repeatable straight segments and consistent chamfering for a unified system. It prioritizes a distinctive, tech-forward voice and strong silhouette recognition over subtle text-face nuance.
Several glyphs lean into stencil-like breaks and flattened terminals, which increases the impression of manufactured parts and adds strong pixel-adjacent clarity at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same chamfered logic, producing a cohesive, sign-like set that looks especially bold in sequences and headings.