Sans Faceted Vaba 5 is a bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, gaming, sports branding, tech branding, futuristic, industrial, tactical, techno, angular, impact, sci-fi tone, mechanical feel, branding, octagonal, chiseled, modular, geometric, stencil-like.
This typeface uses hard, planar geometry in place of curves, with corners clipped into consistent chamfers that create an octagonal, faceted silhouette. Strokes are heavy and largely uniform, with squared terminals and straight-sided bowls; counters are tight and often rectangular, reinforcing a compact, engineered feel. The overall width is generous, and many glyphs are built from horizontal and vertical segments with occasional sharp diagonals, producing a strong, blocky rhythm in both caps and lowercase. Figures follow the same faceted construction, with squared apertures and angular joints that keep the set visually cohesive.
Best suited for large-scale display work such as headlines, posters, title cards, and branding where its angular construction can read clearly and set a strong tone. It also fits UI-style graphic treatments, gaming/stream overlays, team or sports identity, and product marks that benefit from a bold, engineered presence.
The letterforms project a high-tech, utilitarian attitude—mechanical, assertive, and purpose-built. The crisp facets and broad stance evoke sci‑fi interfaces, industrial labeling, and performance branding where impact and precision matter more than softness or warmth.
The design appears intended to deliver an impactful, contemporary display voice built from a repeatable faceted geometry. By replacing curves with chamfered planes and keeping a wide stance, it aims to feel modern, technical, and visually forceful while maintaining consistent construction across letters and numerals.
Distinctive chamfer patterns repeat across the alphabet, giving the font a modular system feel. Apertures tend to be narrow and corners are consistently notched, which boosts stylistic unity but can reduce differentiation at smaller sizes, especially in dense text.