Sans Faceted Nyhu 1 is a very bold, narrow, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, album art, gothic, medieval, authoritative, dramatic, industrial, display impact, gothic revival, geometric carving, logo styling, themed titling, angular, faceted, chiseled, blackletter-influenced, condensed.
A condensed, high-contrast-in-silhouette display face built from straight strokes and sharp planar facets rather than curves. Terminals and joins resolve into pointed, chamfered corners, creating a carved, geometric rhythm with tight internal counters. Uppercase forms are tall and rigid, while lowercase keeps a similarly vertical skeleton and compact bowls, maintaining a consistent, strongly structured texture across words and lines.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, wordmarks, and packaging where its angular texture can be appreciated at larger sizes. It also works well for themed applications—titles, event identities, or entertainment graphics—where a gothic or carved-metal aesthetic supports the message.
The overall tone evokes a gothic, old-world severity with a modern, machined edge. Its crisp angles and dense vertical cadence feel ceremonial and commanding, leaning toward dramatic, poster-like statements rather than casual reading.
The design appears intended to translate blackletter-inspired sharpness into a simplified, geometric system, prioritizing strong vertical presence and crisp facets for bold display typography. Its controlled stroke economy and consistent angles suggest a focus on punchy legibility at headline sizes while maintaining a distinct historical-meets-industrial character.
Counters are generally narrow and polygonal, and many letters rely on notched shoulders and pointed apexes to imply curvature. Numerals match the letterforms’ angular logic, reading as sharply cut and monolithic, which reinforces a uniform, emblematic look.