Sans Faceted Ipba 9 is a light, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: ui labels, tech branding, posters, packaging, headlines, techno, futuristic, industrial, retro digital, geometric, geometric system, digital aesthetic, technical clarity, stylized legibility, angular, octagonal, chamfered, faceted, modular.
This typeface is built from straight segments with frequent chamfered corners, replacing curves with planar facets to create octagonal, sign-like counters in letters such as O, Q, and 0. Strokes maintain an even thickness and end in blunt terminals, with a consistent grid-driven construction across capitals, lowercase, and figures. Proportions are compact and steady, with simplified joins and clear, open apertures; several glyphs (notably S and C) read as angular zig-zag forms rather than rounded bowls. Numerals and punctuation follow the same faceted logic, giving the set a uniform mechanical rhythm.
Well suited to display use where a geometric, engineered voice is desired: product and tech branding, UI labels, dashboards, wayfinding-style captions, and poster titling. It can also work for short body copy in contexts that embrace a constructed, digital aesthetic, such as game menus, electronics packaging, and speculative fiction covers.
The overall tone feels engineered and digital, evoking interface labeling, sci‑fi control panels, and technical diagrams. Its crisp angles and reduced curves suggest precision and systematized design, with a mildly retro computer/arcade flavor.
The design appears intended to translate a sans structure into a faceted, grid-based system, prioritizing consistent construction and a distinctive angular signature. By minimizing curves and standardizing corners, it aims to deliver a crisp, technical look that remains coherent across letters and numerals.
Because many traditionally curved shapes are polygonal, the face has a distinctive texture that becomes more pronounced at larger sizes and in short strings like headings, labels, and codes. In longer passages the repeated facets create a patterned cadence that reads as intentionally stylized rather than neutral.