Sans Faceted Afba 4 is a very bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Mako' by Deltatype and 'Winner Sans' by sportsfonts (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, signage, sportswear, industrial, athletic, assertive, retro, utilitarian, impact, compactness, strength, precision, chamfered, angular, blocky, compact, high-impact.
A compact, heavy display face built from straight strokes and chamfered corners, replacing curves with crisp facets. Letterforms are tall and tight, with narrow apertures and small counters that emphasize mass and verticality. Terminals are squared-off with consistent bevel-like cuts, creating a mechanical, stenciled-in-metal feel without actual breaks in the strokes. Spacing appears firm and regular, producing a dense, punchy rhythm in both all-caps and mixed-case settings.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as headlines, posters, packaging callouts, logos, and wayfinding. It performs well where a condensed, high-impact word shape is needed, including sports and workwear-style branding and bold typographic graphics.
The overall tone is bold and no-nonsense, with a strong industrial and athletic energy. Its faceted construction reads sturdy and engineered, evoking signage, equipment labeling, and vintage team or workwear graphics. The voice is confident and impactful rather than delicate or conversational.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence in a compact width, using faceted corners to suggest strength and precision while keeping forms simple and consistent. It prioritizes immediate recognizability and a hard-edged graphic texture for display use.
The uppercase set carries most of the personality, with octagonal/angled silhouettes in rounds like C, G, O, and Q. The lowercase maintains the same angular logic, with single-storey forms and squared joins that keep texture uniform in text. Numerals are similarly blocky and stable, designed to hold their shape at large sizes and in high-contrast applications.