Sans Faceted Lyfi 13 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, signage, techno, industrial, retro, game-like, architectural, geometric system, display impact, tech aesthetic, hard-edged clarity, angular, beveled, geometric, octagonal, monoline.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp planar facets and octagonal rounds. Strokes are monoline and heavy, with squared terminals and frequent chamfers that create a consistent beveled rhythm across caps, lowercase, and numerals. Counters tend to be compact and rectangular, and the overall texture is dense and mechanical, with clean verticals and restrained diagonals. The lowercase follows a simplified, geometric construction, and figures echo the same faceted logic for a cohesive alphanumeric set.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and branding marks where its angular facets can read as a deliberate stylistic feature. It also works well for signage, labels, and packaging that benefit from a sturdy, technical look, and for interface or game-themed graphics where geometric sharpness supports the concept.
The faceted geometry and hard corners give the font a technical, industrial voice with a retro digital edge. It feels utilitarian and engineered, suggesting sci‑fi interfaces, arcade-era graphics, and sharp, contemporary branding that leans on precision rather than softness.
The design appears intended to translate sans-serif forms into a strict, faceted system, prioritizing sharp geometry and consistent corner cuts over conventional curves. The goal is a high-impact, machine-made texture that remains legible while projecting a distinctly constructed, techno-industrial character.
The chamfered treatment is applied broadly—even to typically curved forms—creating a uniform ‘cut metal’ silhouette. In text, the repeated angles produce a distinctive zig-zag sparkle along bowls and joins, which reads most confidently at display sizes where the facets remain clear.