Sans Faceted Lyle 8 is a regular weight, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: ui labels, terminal text, game ui, signage, packaging, tech, industrial, retro, utilitarian, arcade, clarity, systematic design, digital voice, engineering feel, angular, chamfered, octagonal, blocky, mechanical.
A crisp, angular sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with short diagonal facets. The letterforms feel square-shouldered and evenly weighted, with consistent stroke thickness and firm horizontal and vertical terminals. Counters tend toward octagonal shapes, and rounded characters (like O, C, S, and 0) are rendered with chamfered geometry that keeps the silhouette tight and rhythmic. Lowercase forms stay simple and sturdy, with single-storey constructions and a compact, grid-friendly structure that reads cleanly in text.
Well suited to interface labels, dashboards, and terminal-style layouts where a crisp, gridded rhythm helps scanning and alignment. It also works for tech-forward branding, packaging, and wayfinding-style signage, especially where a geometric, industrial voice is desired. In longer passages it maintains a steady texture, making it practical for short paragraphs, captions, and spec-like documentation.
The overall tone is technical and no-nonsense, with a retro-digital edge that recalls early computer, arcade, and instrument labeling aesthetics. Its faceted geometry gives it a mechanical, engineered character—confident, orderly, and slightly futuristic without feeling ornamental.
The design appears intended to deliver a robust, grid-conscious sans with a distinctive faceted construction, prioritizing clarity and consistent geometry over softness or calligraphic nuance. Its clipped-corner system suggests an aim to evoke digital and engineered contexts while staying straightforward and highly legible.
The faceting is applied consistently across the set, creating a uniform cadence and strong alignment cues in mixed-case settings. Numerals match the same clipped-corner logic, maintaining clear shapes and sturdy presence in sequences and UI-like contexts.