Sans Faceted Anpe 10 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, signage, packaging, industrial, athletic, retro, mechanical, assertive, high impact, geometric toughness, signage clarity, retro utility, brand presence, blocky, angular, chamfered, geometric, stenciled.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with octagonal, chamfered corners that replace curves with flat facets. Strokes are thick and largely uniform, producing dense counters and compact apertures, while the overall drawing remains clean and upright. Forms lean on straight segments and clipped terminals, giving letters like O and C a faceted, stop-sign geometry and making round elements feel engineered rather than drawn. Spacing appears sturdy and consistent in text, with simplified joins and a robust baseline presence that holds up at display sizes.
Best suited to display applications where strong silhouette and impact matter: headlines, posters, event graphics, and bold branding. The faceted construction also fits wayfinding, labels, and packaging that aim for an industrial or athletic feel. For extended reading, it will be more effective as a supporting accent rather than body text due to its dense texture.
The font projects a tough, utilitarian tone with echoes of varsity and industrial signage. Its sharp facets and dense massing feel mechanical and no-nonsense, adding a bold, confident attitude to headlines and short statements. The overall impression is retro-technical—familiar like old equipment labeling—yet crisp enough to read as contemporary display type.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum punch through a uniform, faceted geometry that stays consistent across the character set. By swapping curves for planar cuts, it emphasizes ruggedness and clarity, aiming for a sign-painting/marker-like presence without decorative flourishes. The result is a distinctive, engineered display voice that remains straightforward to set and recognize at a glance.
Diagonal cuts are used repeatedly at corners and terminals, creating a coherent facet rhythm across capitals, lowercase, and numerals. The lowercase maintains strong structure and readability through simplified bowls and single-storey shapes, while numerals follow the same clipped geometry for a uniform set. In longer lines, the heavy color forms a near-solid texture, so the design reads best when given breathing room through size, tracking, or shorter line lengths.