Sans Faceted Ohsu 1 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, logos, packaging, industrial, techno, athletic, retro, authoritative, industrial voice, geometric styling, display impact, signage feel, angular, chamfered, faceted, octagonal, compact.
A sharply faceted sans with octagonal, chamfered corners that replace curves with planar cuts. Strokes are sturdy and largely uniform, creating a compact, blocky rhythm with squared terminals and occasional beveled joins. Counters tend toward rectangular and polygonal shapes, and rounds like O/C/G read as clipped geometry rather than true circles. The lowercase follows the same constructed logic, mixing straightforward stems with angled cuts and simplified bowls, yielding a consistent, engineered texture across text.
Best suited for headlines, posters, and brand marks that benefit from an angular, constructed silhouette. It also fits packaging, product labeling, and display applications where a tough, industrial voice is desired. In longer passages it produces a strong, dark texture, so it will generally perform best at moderate-to-large sizes with adequate spacing.
The overall tone is mechanical and no-nonsense, with a rugged, fabricated feel that suggests stamped metal, signage, and utilitarian labeling. Its angular construction also leans into a techno and sport-adjacent voice—confident, brisk, and slightly retro-futuristic rather than friendly or calligraphic.
The design appears intended to translate a utilitarian, engineered aesthetic into a clean sans framework by substituting curves with consistent chamfers and planar facets. The goal seems to be high-impact legibility with a distinctive geometric signature that stays coherent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
Distinctive faceting is most evident in round-derived forms and in diagonals, which appear as crisp planes rather than smooth arcs. The numerals and capitals read particularly stable and emblematic, making the design feel well suited to short, high-impact setting where the geometry can be appreciated.