Sans Faceted Urzi 1 is a very bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, gaming, album art, angular, industrial, futuristic, edgy, mechanical, impact, sci‑fi tone, industrial voice, stylized display, texture, chiseled, blocky, faceted, geometric, stencil-like.
A heavy, geometric display sans built from sharp planar facets rather than smooth curves. Strokes are thick and fairly uniform, with corners cut into straight segments that create a chiseled, polygonal silhouette across both uppercase and lowercase. Counters are compact and often angular, and many joins terminate in pointed wedges or flattened bevels, producing a slightly irregular, hand-cut rhythm. Letterforms are generally broad with short, sturdy crossbars and a tight internal spacing that reads best at larger sizes.
Best suited for headlines, posters, logos, and short emphatic statements where the angular texture can be a visual feature. It also fits entertainment contexts such as gaming UI accents, sci‑fi or action themes, and event or product branding that benefits from a hard-edged, technical feel.
The faceted construction and dense weight give the font a tough, engineered tone—somewhere between sci‑fi signage and industrial labeling. Its jagged edges and slightly uneven cuts add attitude and tension, making it feel assertive and unconventional rather than neutral or friendly.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, high-impact display voice using beveled, faceted shapes to suggest cut metal, carved stone, or polygonal sci‑fi forms. The slightly irregular carving-like details seem aimed at adding character and motion while keeping a consistent, geometric framework.
The numerals and caps maintain the same beveled geometry, helping titles and alphanumeric strings look consistent. Because counters are small and shapes are highly stylized, readability drops quickly at small sizes or in long paragraphs, where the texture becomes very dark and busy.