Sans Faceted Orfe 5 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, posters, packaging, editorial, crisp, architectural, technical, modernist, sharp, add edge, geometric clarity, sculpted texture, modern display, distinctive text, angular, faceted, planar, chiseled, clean.
This typeface is built from crisp, planar strokes that replace many curves with angled facets, creating a chiseled silhouette while maintaining clear letterforms. Strokes show moderate contrast with sharp terminals and decisive joins, and counters stay open for readability. Proportions are fairly even and upright, with a steady baseline rhythm; round letters like O/C/G read as polygonal arcs, and diagonals in A/V/W/Y are straight and clean. Numerals follow the same faceted logic, with simplified, angular bowls and clear apertures.
It performs best in display and headline contexts where the faceted construction can be appreciated, such as branding, posters, and packaging. It can also work for editorial pull quotes or short passages, where the angular modeling adds a distinctive voice while remaining legible.
The overall tone feels precise and engineered, combining a contemporary, technical clarity with a subtle stone-carved or cut-paper edge. Its sharp geometry reads confident and controlled rather than decorative, giving text a disciplined, modern presence.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, modern skeleton into a faceted, cut-surface aesthetic—suggesting precision and structure while giving familiar forms a sharper, more sculpted edge.
In paragraph settings the faceting is most noticeable on curved characters (C, O, S, e, o) and in the pointed terminals, which adds texture without becoming irregular. The design keeps a consistent facet angle language across cases, helping headings and continuous text feel cohesive.