Sans Faceted Lyro 8 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, posters, gaming ui, tech packaging, techy, retro, game-like, industrial, angular, retro tech, digital feel, display impact, geometric clarity, pixelated, geometric, squared, modular, stencil-like.
A geometric sans built from squared forms and chamfered corners, replacing many curves with flat planes and hard angles. Strokes are consistently thick with minimal modulation, and counters tend toward rectangular apertures with rounded-rectangle outer silhouettes. Several glyphs introduce deliberate step-like, pixel edging—most noticeable in diagonals and pointed joins—creating a hybrid of smooth faceting and bitmap-style construction. Spacing and sidebearings feel practical and even, supporting compact words while keeping interior openings clear at display sizes.
Best suited to display settings where its faceted, pixel-tinged geometry can be appreciated—headlines, logos, posters, and product or event branding with a tech or retro theme. It also fits game interfaces, dashboards, and labeling where strong silhouettes and sturdy spacing help maintain clarity at medium sizes.
The overall tone reads technical and retro-futuristic, with a videogame and digital-hardware flavor. Its crisp corners and segmented joins give it a purposeful, engineered attitude rather than a friendly or humanist one.
The design appears intended to merge a modern, chamfered geometric sans with nostalgic pixel/arcade cues, producing a sturdy, high-impact voice for contemporary tech and game-adjacent visuals.
Uppercase and lowercase share a coherent modular logic, with distinctive angular treatments on letters like M/W/V/X/Y and a squared, inset feel in several bowls and counters. Numerals echo the same chamfered geometry, yielding a consistent set suited to UI-like labeling and bold headings.