Sans Faceted Abbos 13 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, gaming ui, logos, industrial, techno, sporty, tactical, retro, impact, mechanical feel, display clarity, brand distinctiveness, octagonal, angular, faceted, beveled, stencil-like.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp planar facets that produce an octagonal silhouette across rounds and diagonals. Strokes are consistently heavy and uniform, with compact internal counters and tight apertures that emphasize a dense, blocky rhythm. Geometry is largely rectangular with strong verticals and sharply notched joins, while diagonals appear mechanically cut rather than drawn, giving letters a machined, modular feel. Numerals and capitals maintain a sturdy, sign-like presence, and the lowercase follows the same angular logic for a cohesive texture in text.
Best suited to short, prominent settings where its faceted construction can be appreciated—headlines, posters, packaging callouts, and bold brand marks. It also fits interfaces and on-screen labels in tech or gaming contexts, and works well for jersey-style or competitive sports graphics where angular solidity is desirable.
The overall tone feels industrial and high-impact, with a utilitarian, engineered character that reads as modern and slightly retro at the same time. Its sharp facets suggest technical labeling, competitive sports graphics, and hard-edged entertainment branding, projecting strength and precision rather than warmth.
The design appears intended to translate a rugged, machine-cut aesthetic into a compact, impactful letterform system. By standardizing chamfered corners and minimizing curvature, it aims for strong recognition at display sizes and a cohesive, modular look across letters and numerals.
The dense counters and frequent corner cuts create a distinctive sparkle in larger sizes, but also a busier texture as lines of text tighten. The design’s consistency comes from repeating the same chamfered corner vocabulary across straight, diagonal, and formerly round forms.