Sans Faceted Orme 3 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, ui labels, signage, posters, techy, futuristic, industrial, retro-digital, mechanical, geometric system, sci-fi tone, industrial clarity, digital aesthetic, branding impact, angular, faceted, chamfered, octagonal, rectilinear.
A geometric sans with monoline strokes and sharply faceted, chamfered corners that replace curves with short planar cuts. Counters and bowls read as squarish/octagonal shapes, producing a crisp, modular silhouette with consistent stroke endings. Proportions are fairly compact with a steady cap height and a normal-feeling x-height; spacing is straightforward and the overall rhythm is even, with distinctive angular joins in letters like S, C, and G. Numerals follow the same octagonal logic, giving figures a rigid, engineered look.
Best suited to display roles where its faceted geometry is clearly visible: headlines, titles, branding accents, product/tech packaging, and interface labels or dashboard-style graphics. It can work for short text passages in larger sizes when a crisp, technical tone is desired, but its strong angularity is most effective when given room to breathe.
The face projects a technical, utilitarian mood with a subtle retro-digital edge—clean, controlled, and machine-made rather than humanist. Its faceting and hard corners suggest sci‑fi interfaces, instrumentation, and industrial labeling, while remaining legible and orderly in running text at larger sizes.
The design appears intended to translate a clean sans skeleton into an angular, planar system—evoking machined parts and digital readouts while maintaining consistent stroke weight and a straightforward typographic structure. The goal seems to be a distinctive “engineered” voice that feels modern and precise without relying on decorative ornament.
Distinctive details include squared/angled terminals throughout, a boxy ‘O’ and ‘0’ with chamfers, and a similarly faceted ‘Q’ tail. The lowercase keeps the same geometric discipline (single-storey ‘a’ and ‘g’), reinforcing the font’s modular, constructed character.