Sans Faceted Umly 3 is a very bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, gaming, packaging, techno, futuristic, industrial, arcade, aggressive, impact, futurism, branding, legibility, cohesion, octagonal, angular, chamfered, blocky, compact.
A heavy, angular display sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, with faceted, octagonal forms standing in for curves. Counters and apertures are mostly rectangular or wedge-like, and the terminals are consistently chamfered, giving the alphabet a machined, stencil-like solidity. Uppercase and lowercase share a strongly geometric construction, while the overall rhythm remains steady and bold with minimal modulation in stroke weight, keeping the texture dense and high-impact across words and numerals.
Best suited for short, prominent settings such as headlines, titles, logotypes, sports or esports branding, game UI callouts, and attention-grabbing packaging or signage. It performs especially well when you want a dense, high-contrast silhouette against a background and when large sizes allow the faceted details to read clearly.
The sharp facets and hard-edged geometry convey a distinctly technological, game-like tone—confident, forceful, and a bit militaristic. Its wide stance and blocky silhouettes read as engineered and futuristic, suited to bold statements rather than subtle text color.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, engineered aesthetic into a bold display voice by replacing curves with planar facets and maintaining consistent chamfer logic across the set. The goal is strong recognizability at a glance, with a cohesive, industrial character that supports modern tech and entertainment-oriented branding.
Diagonal joins are used sparingly but decisively (notably in letters like K, M, N, V, W, X, Y), and the repeated corner cuts create strong visual cohesion. The rounded characters (C, G, O, Q) are resolved as squared-off octagons, producing a consistent, emblematic look in both letters and figures.