Sans Faceted Lyla 5 is a bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, techy, industrial, retro, utilitarian, mechanical, grid discipline, technical tone, retro computing, display impact, systematic forms, octagonal, angular, chamfered, modular, geometric.
A rigid, modular sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with chamfered, faceted joins. Forms sit on a consistent grid with evenly weighted strokes, producing a crisp, high-contrast silhouette against the counters. Bowls and rounds resolve into octagonal shapes (notably in C, G, O, 0, 8), while diagonals are clean and decisive (K, V, W, X, Y). Lowercase maintains a compact, structured feel with simplified terminals and square punctuation, and numerals follow the same polygonal logic for strong alignment in tabular settings.
Well suited to short-to-medium setting where a strong geometric texture is desired—headlines, posters, product branding, packaging, and wayfinding-style signage. It can also work for UI labels, dashboards, or technical documentation callouts when a structured, engineered look is the goal, especially where aligned figures are important.
The overall tone feels technical and engineered—like labeling on equipment, interfaces, or sci‑fi set dressing—while also evoking retro computer and arcade aesthetics. Its strict geometry and clipped corners give it a tough, no-nonsense voice that reads as precise and system-driven rather than friendly or expressive.
The design appears intended to translate a faceted, polygonal construction into a clean sans system, emphasizing repeatable shapes and consistent stroke behavior for disciplined, grid-friendly typography. It prioritizes a distinctive angular identity while preserving straightforward readability through generous apertures and stable proportions.
Counters are relatively open for an angular design, aiding recognition at display sizes. The consistent cell-like rhythm and squared punctuation (including a blocky colon and dot) reinforce a pixel-adjacent, schematic texture even though strokes remain smooth and continuous.