Sans Faceted Orla 8 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, logos, signage, technical, industrial, futuristic, architectural, digital, geometric clarity, machined look, modern display, retro-tech feel, faceted, angular, chamfered, monoline, geometric.
A condensed, monoline sans built from straight strokes and chamfered corners, replacing curves with crisp planar facets. Letterforms are tall and compact with tight internal counters and squared-off bowls, while diagonals appear as clean, straight cuts rather than rounded joins. The overall rhythm is uniform and mechanical, with consistent stroke thickness and a slightly modular construction that keeps shapes rigid and sharply defined across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, poster typography, logotypes, and interface or wayfinding-style signage where its angular construction can be a defining visual feature. It can also work for short technical labels or packaging callouts, but extended small text may need generous size and tracking for comfortable reading.
The faceted geometry gives the face a technical, engineered tone—cool, precise, and slightly retro-digital. It reads as purposeful and utilitarian, with a sci‑fi/industrial edge that feels at home in systems, signage, and tech-forward branding.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, machined aesthetic into a clean sans structure, emphasizing sharp facets and modular clarity over calligraphic softness. Its goal seems to be a distinctive, contemporary voice that stays orderly while projecting a hard-edged, constructed look.
Distinctive chamfers show up at terminals and corners (notably in C/G/S and the round-derived lowercase), creating a cut-metal silhouette. The narrow proportions and compact counters increase density, so the design feels strongest when given adequate size or spacing to let the angular details stay crisp.