Sans Faceted Epvu 5 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, gaming, album art, aggressive, futuristic, industrial, tactical, sporty, impact, speed, ruggedness, tech edge, branding, angular, faceted, chamfered, slanted, condensed caps.
A heavy, slanted sans with sharply faceted construction and chamfered corners throughout. Curves are largely replaced by planar cuts, producing octagonal counters and wedge-like terminals that read crisp and mechanical. Strokes are thick and punchy with noticeable contrast created by angled joins and cut-ins rather than smooth modulation. The overall rhythm is compact and forward-leaning, with squared bowls, tight apertures, and a consistently hard-edged silhouette across letters and numerals.
Best suited for short, prominent text where its faceted silhouettes and slanted momentum can carry the message—headlines, posters, sports and team marks, gaming titles, and bold packaging or merch graphics. It can also work for UI-like labels or section headers when a hard-edged, technical feel is desired, but the texture and dense shapes favor display sizes over long reading.
The tone is forceful and high-energy, suggesting speed, impact, and a technical, engineered mindset. Its angular facets and aggressive slant evoke motorsport, sci‑fi interfaces, and action-oriented branding rather than calm or neutral text setting.
The design appears intended to deliver an impactful, modern display voice built from sharp planes and cut corners, prioritizing striking silhouettes and speed cues. The added distressing suggests an aim toward ruggedness and grit, enhancing a sense of action and wear-in rather than pristine minimalism.
The distressed speckling visible inside many strokes adds a worn, gritty texture that can read like scuffing or print noise, especially at larger sizes. Uppercase forms feel particularly blocky and emblematic, while the numerals maintain the same cut-corner geometry for a unified, display-driven look.