Sans Faceted Ohbo 8 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, titles, techno, angular, industrial, futuristic, mechanical, geometric styling, sci-fi flavor, signage feel, display clarity, faceted, chiseled, geometric, monolinear, octagonal.
This typeface is built from straight segments with crisp corners, replacing curves with planar facets. Strokes are mostly monolinear and terminate in clean, angled cuts, creating an octagonal geometry throughout rounds and bowls. Proportions feel compact and slightly squarish, with open counters and a steady, even rhythm in text. The design keeps a consistent cap height and a moderate x-height, while glyph widths vary naturally, giving words a lively, engineered texture rather than a rigid grid feel.
Well-suited to headlines, titles, and short blocks of copy where the faceted shapes can be appreciated. It can add a technical edge to branding, packaging, event graphics, or display typography for games and interface-style visuals, and it also works for numerals in labels or dials.
The faceted construction gives the font a technical, industrial tone—more fabricated than handwritten. Its sharp geometry reads as futuristic and utilitarian, with a subtle retro-digital flavor reminiscent of signage and sci-fi interfaces.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, faceted drawing language into a readable sans for display use. By systematically converting curves into angled planes and keeping stroke weight steady, it aims to evoke a constructed, machine-made aesthetic while remaining legible in words and numbers.
Distinctive angled joins and clipped corners make individual letters very identifiable, especially in rounded forms like O/Q and numerals. In longer text the repeated facets create a patterned, crystalline texture; the font performs best when given enough size or spacing for the corners to stay clear.