Sans Faceted Lyla 7 is a bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: display, logotypes, posters, headlines, ui labels, techno, industrial, arcade, futuristic, utilitarian, geometric system, tech aesthetic, high impact, grid discipline, machined feel, angular, chiseled, octagonal, geometric, blocky.
A compact, block-built sans with sharply faceted corners and planar cuts that replace most curves. Strokes stay consistently thick with squared terminals and frequent 45° chamfers, producing octagonal bowls in letters like O and Q and clipped shoulders across the alphabet. Proportions are steady and cell-like, with a rigid horizontal/vertical rhythm and an engineered, modular feel; counters are relatively small and openings are narrow, reinforcing a dense, sign-like texture. Lowercase echoes the same geometry with simplified forms (single-storey a, angular e, and a straight-backed g), keeping the design visually uniform across cases and numerals.
Best suited to short display settings where its faceted silhouette can read as a deliberate style choice—headlines, posters, esports or arcade-themed branding, and UI labeling in games or tech interfaces. It can also work for packaging or signage where a tough, engineered voice is desired, especially in all-caps or tight alphanumeric strings.
The overall tone reads technical and rugged, like stenciled labeling or retro-digital lettering. Its crisp facets and grid discipline evoke arcade UI, industrial equipment markings, and sci‑fi interface typography, projecting a no-nonsense, mechanical confidence.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, machined aesthetic into a consistent alphabet, prioritizing sharp planar cuts and modular repeatability over conventional curves. It aims for strong presence and immediate recognizability, delivering a distinctive industrial/tech flavor while keeping letterforms systematic across upper, lower, and figures.
Diagonal joins are used sparingly but decisively (notably in K, R, W, X, and Y), and the repeated chamfer motif creates a consistent “machined” signature across glyphs. Numerals follow the same clipped geometry, with a distinctive, angular 0 and similarly faceted 8 and 9, helping maintain a cohesive texture in mixed alphanumeric settings.