Sans Faceted Doty 10 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sportswear, game ui, logos, industrial, athletic, military, arcade, techno, impact, ruggedness, machined look, display branding, signage, angular, chamfered, blocky, monolinear, geometric.
A heavy, geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp chamfers and planar facets. Counters and bowls are squarish and tightly drawn, with a compact, rectangular rhythm and sturdy verticals. Terminals are consistently cut at angles, creating a hard-edged texture; spacing appears slightly tight in text, reinforcing a dense, poster-ready color. Numerals and capitals share the same faceted construction, while lowercase forms stay simple and sturdy, prioritizing clarity over softness.
Best suited for display typography where impact is the priority: headlines, posters, packaging, event graphics, and logo/wordmark work. The strong, angular construction also fits esports/sports branding, game UI titles, and technical or industrial-themed graphics, especially where a bold, hard-edged voice is desired.
The faceted construction and blunt massing give the font a tough, utilitarian tone with strong associations to stenciled signage, sports titling, and retro digital/arcade graphics. Its sharp cuts and squared forms feel assertive and mechanical rather than friendly or literary, projecting strength and urgency in headlines.
The font appears designed to translate a rugged, machined aesthetic into a clean sans structure, using chamfered corners and faceted bowls to create a distinctive silhouette without decorative add-ons. The consistent angular system suggests an intention to remain legible and cohesive while delivering a strongly branded, high-impact look.
The design’s visual identity is driven by repeated chamfer angles at corners and joins, producing a consistent “cut metal” look across the set. Round characters like O, Q, and G read as octagonal, and diagonals in letters like K, V, W, X, and Y appear carefully engineered to keep weight and angles consistent. The dense black texture suggests it will dominate at display sizes and may require more generous tracking when used in longer lines.