Sans Faceted Asbe 1 is a very bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font visually similar to 'Vintage Varsity' by Grant Beaudry and 'Monbloc' by Rui Nogueira (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, gaming, signage, packaging, industrial, retro tech, arcade, utilitarian, sturdy, grid built, curve replacement, high impact, systematic, octagonal, angular, chamfered, modular, geometric.
A compact, modular sans with squared proportions and consistent stroke thickness. Curves are largely replaced by straight segments and clipped corners, creating an octagonal, chamfered silhouette across rounds and diagonals. Counters are tight and rectangular, terminals are flat, and the overall rhythm is blocky and evenly paced, yielding a highly regular texture in text and a strong, poster-like presence in display sizes.
Best suited to headlines, posters, game/arcade aesthetics, and branding moments that benefit from a bold, geometric voice. It also works well for signage-style labels and short interface or UI readouts where a rigid, technical texture is desired; for longer reading, its tight counters and blocky joins may feel dense at smaller sizes.
The sharp facets and heavy, stencil-like solidity evoke an industrial and retro-digital mood—somewhere between arcade graphics, scoreboard lettering, and utilitarian labeling. Its crisp, mechanical forms feel assertive and functional rather than friendly or calligraphic.
The letterforms appear designed to translate cleanly into a grid-like, fabrication-friendly system where corner cuts stand in for curves. The emphasis is on strong legibility at a glance, consistent geometry, and a distinctive faceted personality that reads as technical and robust.
The design relies on corner cuts to suggest curvature in letters like C, G, O, Q and numerals like 0, 6, 8, 9, producing a cohesive, machine-made look. The lowercase echoes the same construction with simplified bowls and squared shoulders, keeping the tone consistent from headings to short UI-style strings.