Sans Faceted Kaho 1 is a bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, game ui, sci-fi ui, futuristic, techno, industrial, aggressive, arcade, tech aesthetic, high impact, geometric system, display emphasis, angular, faceted, octagonal, stencil-like, mechanical.
A sharply faceted, geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, substituting curves with planar chamfers. The forms are wide and low, with a strong horizontal footprint and a consistent, engineered rhythm. Counters tend to be rectangular or trapezoidal, and terminals end in crisp diagonal cuts that create a continuous sense of forward-leaning motion without actual slant. Weight is concentrated in long horizontals and broad verticals, while interior cut-ins and notches add a slightly segmented, stencil-like structure across many glyphs.
Best suited to display settings where its faceted geometry can read clearly—headlines, titling, logos, and branding with a technical or futuristic slant. It also fits game/UI treatments, product marks, and packaging that benefits from an industrial, engineered feel. For longer passages, it works most effectively at larger sizes with generous line spacing to preserve the angular details.
The overall tone is synthetic and high-tech, evoking sci-fi interfaces, arcade hardware, and industrial labeling. Its angular construction and hard corners feel assertive and mechanical, giving text a punchy, action-oriented voice. The repeated chamfers and facets suggest speed, precision, and a crafted-from-metal aesthetic.
This design appears intended to deliver a crisp, futuristic voice by translating traditional sans proportions into a system of straight segments and chamfered corners. The repeated facet motif and blocky counters aim for a uniform, modular texture that reads as technical and purposeful. Overall, it prioritizes distinctive silhouette and impact over softness, using geometric cuts to establish a strong visual identity.
In continuous text, the sharp joins and tight internal shapes create a dense, graphic texture, especially where diagonals and notches repeat. The design emphasizes consistent corner language across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, helping maintain a unified ‘machined’ look in headings and short blocks. At smaller sizes, the angular detailing can visually merge in complex letter clusters, so spacing and size choices matter for clarity.