Sans Faceted Etwa 3 is a bold, wide, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, posters, gaming ui, sports graphics, futuristic, technical, sporty, assertive, angular, speed, precision, impact, industrial tone, sci-fi flavor, chamfered, faceted, geometric, octagonal, sharp-cornered.
A heavy, forward-slanted sans with planar, chamfered corners that turn many curves into crisp facets. Strokes are consistently thick with minimal modulation, creating a dense, uniform color in text. Counters often read as polygonal (notably in O/0 and other rounded forms), and joins favor clipped, beveled transitions rather than smooth arcs. Proportions feel broad and stable, with compact apertures and short terminals that maintain a tight, engineered rhythm across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited for headlines, logos, and short bursts of copy where the faceted forms can read clearly at larger sizes. It also fits gaming/tech interfaces, product markings, and sports or motorsport-style graphics that benefit from a fast, engineered aesthetic. For long-form text, the dense weight and tight apertures may feel visually insistent, so it’s most effective as a display face.
The overall tone is modern and machine-like, with a sporty, high-energy slant and a hard-edged, fabricated feel. Its faceted geometry suggests speed, precision, and a slightly aggressive confidence, leaning toward sci‑fi and performance branding rather than neutral editorial voice.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, industrial motif into a cohesive italicized sans, using bevels and facets to evoke machined parts and speed. By keeping stroke weight steady and corners consistently clipped, it aims for strong recognition and a unified alphanumeric system in bold display contexts.
Uppercase shapes tend to be squarish and structured, while lowercase retains the same angular construction, keeping the system cohesive. Numerals follow the same octagonal logic, making them visually compatible for technical or display settings where alphanumeric consistency matters.