Sans Faceted Aste 3 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font visually similar to '946 Latin' by Roman Type (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, logos, industrial, athletic, authoritative, retro, aggressive, impact, compactness, ruggedness, signage, blocky, chiseled, angular, condensed, monoline.
A compact, heavily built display face defined by straight strokes and clipped corners that replace curves with planar facets. The letterforms are tall and tightly set, with uniform stroke weight and crisp, rectangular counters that keep forms legible at large sizes. Joins and terminals are consistently squared and chamfered, producing a mechanical rhythm across capitals, lowercase, and numerals. Lowercase proportions skew toward sturdy, simplified shapes with a prominent x-height and minimal differentiation between round and straight structures due to the faceting.
Best suited to headline and titling work where impact and immediacy matter: posters, sports and team identities, bold packaging, event graphics, and logo wordmarks. It also performs well for signage-style applications such as labels or wayfinding when used at larger sizes, where the sharp facets and compact width maintain clarity and presence.
The overall tone is forceful and utilitarian, with a hard-edged, engineered feel. Its faceted geometry reads as rugged and assertive, evoking industrial labeling, sports titling, and poster-era display lettering. The tight proportions and blunt terminals add urgency and punch, making the voice feel direct and commanding.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight in a compact footprint while maintaining a consistent, angular construction throughout the alphabet. By translating curves into crisp facets and keeping stroke weight even, it aims for a tough, industrial display look that stays cohesive across mixed-case text and numerals.
The faceted construction creates strong vertical emphasis and a consistent “cut metal” silhouette, especially in rounded characters like C, G, O, and S. Numerals follow the same angular logic, with clear, open interior shapes suited to bold headline settings. In longer samples, the dense texture can become visually heavy, favoring short lines and emphatic statements over extended reading.