Sans Faceted Uflu 5 is a very bold, narrow, monoline, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Mako' by Deltatype, 'Bergk' by Designova, 'Ordina' by Schriftlabor, 'Calps' and 'Calps Sans' by Typesketchbook, and 'Hockeynight Sans' by XTOPH (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: sports branding, posters, headlines, packaging, apparel, athletic, industrial, assertive, retro, tactical, impact, speed, ruggedness, space-saving, branding, condensed, angled, chamfered, blocky, high-contrast texture.
A condensed, heavy-weight italic with a strongly faceted construction. Strokes are largely uniform in thickness, and curves are replaced by chamfered corners and planar cuts, giving letters an angular, engineered silhouette. Counters are compact and often polygonal (notably in O/Q/0/8), while terminals and joins are clipped rather than rounded. The overall rhythm is tight and upright in structure but consistently slanted, producing a fast, forward-leaning texture with prominent black mass.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as sports identities, team graphics, posters, promotional headlines, packaging callouts, and apparel graphics. It can work in brief subheads or labels when set with generous tracking and adequate size, but its dense, angular texture is primarily optimized for display rather than extended text.
The tone is bold and energetic, evoking sports branding, industrial labeling, and performance-oriented design. Its sharp facets and forward slant suggest speed, toughness, and a slightly retro, varsity-adjacent attitude without ornamental flourish.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-energy display voice built from straight cuts and chamfered geometry. By substituting curves with facets and keeping stroke weight consistent, it aims for a rugged, fast, and highly graphic look that holds up in bold branding applications.
Uppercase forms read like squared-off, cut-metal shapes, while the lowercase maintains the same faceted logic with sturdy bowls and short, efficient extenders. Numerals are compact and angular, with distinctive octagonal-style counters that stay legible at display sizes. The texture becomes dense in long lines, making spacing and size important for comfortable reading.