Sans Faceted Tyje 5 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, titles, industrial, gothic, techno, authoritative, retro, impact, edginess, thematic display, geometric rigor, angular, faceted, blackletter-leaning, chiseled, monoline.
A faceted, monoline display sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with planar chamfers. Forms are compact and vertically emphatic, with squared counters and notched joins that create a crisp, mechanical rhythm. Terminals are consistently angled, giving letters a cut-metal silhouette; diagonals in characters like K, R, X, and Z are rigid and geometric rather than flowing. Lowercase echoes the uppercase structure with similarly angular bowls and shoulders, and the numerals follow the same chamfered construction for a cohesive set.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, poster typography, title cards, logos, and bold packaging labels where the angular texture can be appreciated. It can also work for thematic UI or game/film titling that benefits from a mechanical-gothic voice, while longer passages will appear dense due to the strong vertical rhythm.
The overall tone is severe and engineered, blending a modern industrial feel with a subtle blackletter/Fraktur echo due to the pointed terminals and compressed verticality. It reads as assertive and dramatic, with a hardened, architectural character that favors impact over softness.
The design appears intended to deliver a sharp, faceted alternative to rounded grotesques, emphasizing machined geometry and consistent chamfering to achieve a distinctive, hard-edged display voice.
The faceting creates strong word-shape texture and prominent zig-zag rhythm across text, especially in sequences with repeated verticals. Counters tend toward squarish apertures, and the design’s consistent corner cuts help maintain uniformity across letters and figures, reinforcing a sturdy, signage-like presence.