Sans Faceted Omwi 5 is a bold, very narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, branding, signage, industrial, authoritative, retro, angular, edgy, impact, compression, geometric styling, modernized gothic, chiseled, octagonal, geometric, condensed, high-contrast corners.
A tightly condensed display face built from straight strokes and sharp, faceted joins. Curves are replaced by planar angles, producing octagonal counters and pointed terminals throughout. Strokes read largely uniform, with crisp corners and clean interior cut-ins that keep shapes open despite the narrow set. The overall rhythm is vertical and compact, with consistent cap-height alignment and simplified, geometric constructions across letters and figures.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, headlines, logotypes, and bold brand marks where a compact, high-impact word shape is useful. It can also work for signage or labels that benefit from a sharp, industrial voice, especially when set with generous tracking or at larger sizes.
The faceted geometry gives the font a hard-edged, mechanical energy that feels firm and no-nonsense. Its sharp corners and compressed proportions evoke a retro-industrial tone, balancing a classic blackletter-like severity with a more modern, engineered look.
The design appears intended to deliver a condensed, high-impact texture using faceted geometry in place of curves, creating a rugged, engineered feel while maintaining a consistent, repeatable construction across the character set.
Legibility holds best at medium-to-large sizes where the small internal facets and tight apertures can be appreciated. Numerals and capitals feel especially strong and emblematic, while the lowercase maintains the same angular logic with minimal softness or calligraphic modulation.