Sans Faceted Orlo 4 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, branding, posters, signage, techno, industrial, retro, architectural, futuristic, geometric voice, system design, tech branding, signage clarity, faceted, angular, chamfered, octagonal, monolinear.
An angular, faceted sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with clean chamfers that create octagonal counters and polygonal bowls. Strokes read essentially monolinear, with crisp terminals and a consistent, gridded construction that keeps edges sharp and corners decisive. Proportions are compact and efficient, with simple, open apertures and a slightly mechanical rhythm that stays even across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display settings where the faceted construction can be appreciated—headlines, logos, poster titles, packaging, and directional or environmental signage. It can also work for short technical callouts or UI labels when a geometric, engineered voice is desired, though its sharp geometry is most impactful at larger sizes.
The overall tone is technical and industrial, with a retro-digital edge reminiscent of display signage and instrument lettering. Its hard facets and squared geometry convey precision, control, and a mildly sci‑fi character without becoming decorative or whimsical.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, cut-corner construction into a practical sans for modern, tech-leaning communication. By enforcing a consistent chamfered vocabulary across forms, it aims to deliver a distinctive, systematized look that stays coherent from caps to lowercase to figures.
Distinctive chamfering is applied systematically, giving letters like C, O, and S polygonal silhouettes while preserving legibility in text lines. Numerals follow the same construction logic, reinforcing a consistent system feel across alphanumerics.