Sans Faceted Pame 5 is a regular weight, narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
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This font is built from straight strokes with sharp, chamfered corners, replacing curves with faceted, near-octagonal geometry. Strokes maintain a consistent thickness, producing a clean, monoline rhythm with frequent 45° cuts at terminals and joins. Proportions are compact and tall, with tight counters and squared-off bowls; several glyphs (notably O/Q and rounded lowercase forms) read as beveled polygons rather than circles. The overall texture is even and disciplined, with a slightly mechanical cadence created by repeated notches, angled corners, and rectilinear spacing.
Best suited to display typography where its chamfered geometry can be appreciated—headlines, posters, logos, product marks, and tech or gaming interfaces. It also works well for short labels, badges, and numeric-heavy callouts where a crisp, engineered look is desired.
The faceted construction gives a distinctly digital, engineered tone—evoking arcade UI, sci‑fi interfaces, and hard-edged industrial labeling. Its angularity feels precise and synthetic rather than humanist, projecting a cool, technical personality with a retro-future edge.
The design appears intended to translate sans-serif letterforms into a planar, beveled system, prioritizing a consistent, constructed aesthetic over traditional roundness. By standardizing corners into facets and keeping strokes uniform, it aims for a futuristic, machine-made voice that remains legible in short bursts.
Distinctive polygonal rounds and clipped terminals create strong silhouette recognition at display sizes, while the tight apertures and reduced interior space can make dense text feel busy at small sizes. Numerals follow the same chamfered logic, pairing well with headings, codes, and interface-like layouts.