Sans Faceted Misu 3 is a bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, album covers, packaging, gothic, medieval, severe, industrial, dramatic, impact, compactness, edge, display, branding, angular, faceted, condensed, monoline, geometric.
A tightly condensed, faceted display face built from straight strokes and sharp planar breaks rather than smooth curves. Stems read as near-monoline with crisp terminals and frequent chamfered corners, producing a chiseled silhouette and a consistent vertical rhythm. Counters are small and often angular, with pointed joins and clipped bowls that keep the texture dense and high-impact. The lowercase follows the same narrow proportions, with compact apertures and restrained extenders that preserve an even, disciplined line color in text.
Best suited to posters, headlines, and branding marks where a compact, high-impact wordshape is needed. It can work well on album covers, packaging, and event graphics that benefit from a gothic or hard-edged tone, especially when set at larger sizes or with generous tracking.
The overall tone is gothic and severe, evoking carved lettering, blackletter-inspired signage, and hard-edged architectural forms. Its compressed, blade-like shapes feel assertive and slightly ominous, lending a dramatic, stylized voice that reads as historical-meets-industrial rather than friendly or casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a condensed, high-density display texture with a carved, faceted construction—prioritizing striking silhouettes and a strong vertical cadence over neutral text readability. Its sharp geometry and clipped curves suggest a goal of creating a distinctive, era-evocative voice while remaining structurally consistent across caps, lowercase, and figures.
In continuous text the tight spacing and small counters create a strong, dark texture; the design rewards larger sizes where the faceting and angular interior cuts remain clear. Numerals match the same chiseled construction, keeping headings and short numeric strings visually cohesive.