Sans Faceted Katu 5 is a bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logos, headlines, posters, game ui, tech branding, futuristic, techno, industrial, gaming, sci‑fi, tech aesthetic, interface tone, display impact, geometric system, angled, faceted, geometric, octagonal, chamfered.
A geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with planar facets and chamfers. Letterforms sit on a squarish, wide footprint with generous horizontal spans and a relatively low vertical stress, giving a stable, engineered silhouette. Strokes are uniform and heavy, with frequent horizontal cuts and beveled terminals that create crisp internal counters and angular apertures. The rhythm is modular and consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, favoring squared bowls (o, O, 0) and simplified diagonals (V, W, X) that read like assembled segments.
Best suited for branding, titles, and short-form text where the angular construction can be appreciated—such as tech and gaming identities, sci‑fi themed posters, product labels, and interface headings. It can work in larger setting for impactful taglines, while smaller sizes benefit from ample spacing to preserve the crisp counters and facets.
The overall tone is distinctly technological and forward-looking, with a hard-edged, synthetic feel reminiscent of sci‑fi interfaces and industrial labeling. Its sharp geometry and chopped joins suggest speed, precision, and machinery rather than warmth or tradition.
The font appears designed to deliver a compact, engineered aesthetic by translating classic sans proportions into a faceted, chamfered system. The emphasis is on creating a consistent techno voice with strong silhouettes and a modular, cut-metal geometry that stays coherent across letters and numerals.
Lowercase largely echoes the cap structure, reinforcing a uniform, display-oriented voice across text. The design uses distinctive notches and cut-ins on several glyphs to maintain the faceted theme, which increases character but can add visual busyness at small sizes or in dense copy.