Sans Faceted Ihny 8 is a very light, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, branding, packaging, geometric, techy, playful, retro, display impact, geometric construction, retro-tech mood, graphic identity, outlined, monoline, squarish, angular, chamfered.
A monoline, outlined display sans built from squarish bowls, hard corners, and occasional chamfered or notched joins that substitute for fully smooth curves. Shapes read as boxy and planar, with rounded-rectangle counters in letters like O/C/G and more faceted construction in diagonals such as V/W/X and the 4/7. Terminals are predominantly flat and orthogonal, and several glyphs include small cut-ins that create a mechanical, constructed feel. The overall rhythm is open and airy due to the outline-only drawing and generous interior space.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, logos, and packaging where its outlined construction and faceted geometry can be appreciated. It can also work for UI labels or event graphics when set large enough to preserve the fine contour detail.
The face conveys a techy, engineered tone with a playful, arcade-like edge. Its stencil-like notches and faceted geometry give it a retro-futurist character that feels more graphical than typographic, lending a distinctive, emblematic voice to short messages.
The design appears intended to deliver a constructed, geometric look that feels industrial and playful at once, using outline strokes and small notches to suggest modular fabrication. Its forms prioritize visual identity and stylistic impact over continuous curves and traditional text-readability conventions.
Legibility depends on size and background contrast: the thin outline and interior gaps make it most effective when used large or with careful color choices. The set mixes rounded-rectangle forms with sharper, trapezoidal diagonals, producing a deliberate, modular variety across the alphabet and numerals.