Sans Faceted Umfe 3 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, gaming ui, signage, techno, industrial, sci-fi, arcade, military, futuristic branding, display impact, systematic geometry, tech labeling, game interface, angular, octagonal, chamfered, blocky, geometric.
A blocky geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp planar facets. The forms are compact and sturdy with wide proportions, squared counters, and frequent octagonal silhouettes (notably in O/0 and C/G-like shapes). Stroke endings are consistently chamfered, producing a hard-edged rhythm and clear vertical/horizontal emphasis, while diagonals appear as short, decisive cuts rather than smooth joins. Lowercase follows the same modular construction, with a tall x-height and simple, single-storey structures that keep texture dense and uniform in text.
Best suited to display settings where its angular detailing and dense texture can be appreciated—headlines, posters, branding marks, game interfaces, and tech-forward packaging. It can also work for short labels and signage when a rigid, industrial voice is desired, while longer passages may benefit from generous sizing and spacing to keep counters open.
The faceted construction and heavy, machined silhouettes give the typeface a utilitarian, futuristic tone. It reads as assertive and technical, evoking hardware labeling, game UI, and angular sci‑fi display typography rather than soft editorial voices.
The design appears intended to translate a modular, cut-metal aesthetic into a readable sans alphabet, emphasizing repeatable facets and consistent chamfers for a cohesive system. Its tall lowercase and simplified structures suggest an aim for usability in UI and display contexts while preserving a distinctly technical, stylized character.
Distinctive notches and cut-ins create strong internal geometry, and several glyphs use squared bowls and counters that can resemble inset rectangles at smaller sizes. The digit set matches the letterforms closely, with a particularly geometric 0 and sharply stepped 2/3, reinforcing a cohesive, engineered feel across alphanumerics.