Sans Faceted Urbo 1 is a very bold, very wide, monoline, upright, tall x-height font visually similar to 'Karenov' by Umka Type (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, game ui, branding, sci‑fi, industrial, techno, futuristic, gaming, futurism, impact, tech styling, mechanical tone, display emphasis, octagonal, angular, chamfered, blocky, geometric.
This typeface is built from straight strokes with beveled, faceted corners that replace most curves, creating an octagonal, hard-edged silhouette. Counters are generally rectangular or chamfered, and apertures are reduced, giving letters a dense, engineered presence. The stroke weight is consistent across horizontals and verticals, with broad, squared terminals and a tight internal rhythm that favors compact joins and short crossbars. Lowercase forms largely echo the uppercase construction, with simplified bowls and shoulders and a strong, uniform baseline feel; numerals follow the same angular, cut-corner logic for consistent texture.
Best suited to display contexts where the angular detailing can be appreciated: headlines, posters, logos, and bold wordmarks. It also fits game UI, sci‑fi or tech-themed packaging, event graphics, and on-screen titles where a synthetic, engineered voice is desired.
The overall tone is assertive and machine-made, evoking futuristic interfaces, industrial labeling, and arcade-era techno styling. Its faceted geometry reads as precise and synthetic rather than friendly or literary, emphasizing speed, power, and constructed form.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, faceted construction into a highly assertive sans for modern/tech aesthetics, prioritizing a distinctive silhouette and uniform, machined consistency over delicate readability in long passages.
At text sizes the heavy strokes and constrained counters can make internal shapes and similar forms converge, while at larger sizes the distinctive chamfers and planar facets become the defining detail. The design creates a strong horizontal banding effect in lines of text due to thick top and bottom strokes and squared terminals.