Sans Faceted Epwe 5 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, gaming titles, packaging, aggressive, industrial, tactical, futuristic, sporty, impact, edge, speed, ruggedness, tech feel, angular, faceted, chiseled, compressed, oblique.
A heavy, oblique sans built from sharp planar cuts that replace curves with faceted corners and clipped terminals. Strokes are thick and compact with tight counters and a slightly irregular, distressed internal texture that reads like scuffing or print wear. The letterforms keep a consistent forward slant and hard-edged geometry, producing a jagged silhouette and strong dark mass in text. Numerals follow the same blocky construction, with squared bowls and notched joins that emphasize a mechanical, segmented rhythm.
Best suited to display typography where the angular facets and slanted stance can carry the message—posters, punchy headlines, esports and gaming graphics, sports merchandise, and bold packaging callouts. It can also work for short UI labels or signage when set large enough to keep counters open and the distressed detail from clogging.
The overall tone is forceful and high-impact, with a gritty, battle-worn edge layered onto a futuristic, machined shape language. It suggests speed, strength, and a no-nonsense attitude—more utilitarian and confrontational than friendly or refined.
The design appears intended to deliver a hardened, high-energy display voice by combining a faceted, cut-metal construction with an oblique stance and deliberately roughened interior texture. The result prioritizes impact and attitude over neutrality, aiming to feel fast, tough, and engineered.
In longer lines the dense weight and narrow apertures make spacing feel tight, so it reads best with generous tracking and ample leading. The distressed texture adds character at display sizes but can visually fill in at smaller sizes, especially in enclosed forms.