Sans Faceted Niju 4 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, logos, packaging, industrial, retro, authoritative, sporty, technical, impact, signage, ruggedness, precision, faceted, angular, octagonal, blocky, stencil-like.
A heavy, geometric sans built from straight segments and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp planar facets. Strokes are consistently thick with squared terminals and frequent octagonal cut-ins that create a chiseled, sign-painted silhouette. Counters are compact and mostly rectangular, giving letters a dense, high-impact color, while the tall lowercase feels sturdy and utilitarian rather than delicate. Numerals and capitals read like cut-out shapes with strong verticals and tight joins, producing an even, poster-ready rhythm.
Best suited to headlines, posters, branding marks, and packaging where strong shape recognition and a rugged graphic voice are desired. It also fits sports or team-style applications and industrial-themed layouts, and can work for short blocks of display text when set with ample tracking.
The faceted construction conveys an industrial, no-nonsense tone with a distinctly retro edge—part varsity scoreboard, part shop signage. Its hard corners and compact counters feel tough and authoritative, projecting durability and mechanical precision more than warmth or refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, high-visibility display voice using faceted geometry to evoke cut metal, engraved forms, or block signage. Its simplified, angular construction prioritizes impact and consistency across glyphs for clear, assertive communication.
The angular detailing is consistent across upper- and lowercase, keeping texture uniform in paragraphs while still adding a distinctive “machined” personality. The overall design favors bold presence over subtle differentiation, so letterforms tend to read best with generous size and spacing.