Sans Faceted Radu 1 is a bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, logos, album art, angular, futuristic, game-like, industrial, assertive, display impact, tech styling, emblematic forms, geometric branding, faceted, geometric, chiseled, sharp, high-contrast negative.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and crisp planar corners, replacing curves with cut, faceted angles. Strokes are consistently heavy and even, with frequent chamfers and triangular joins that create a carved, mechanical rhythm. Counters tend to be tight and often take diamond or polygonal shapes, producing strong internal negative-space patterns. Letterforms are compact and blocky with a slightly irregular, constructed feel—some glyphs simplify to bold structural silhouettes while others feature inset notches or cut-ins that emphasize the faceted theme.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, titles, and identity marks where its faceted geometry can be appreciated. It also fits game UI, sci‑fi interfaces, and event graphics that benefit from a mechanical, angular texture. For longer paragraphs, it will typically work better at larger sizes or with generous spacing to keep the dense counters from closing up.
The overall tone feels edgy and synthetic, with a sharp, engineered character that reads as futuristic and game-adjacent. Its angular cuts suggest armor plating or machined signage, giving text a punchy, confrontational presence. The repeated diamond-like counters add a techno-symbolic flavor that can feel cryptic or emblematic.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, chiseled aesthetic into a contemporary sans voice, emphasizing facets, notches, and polygonal counters as its defining motif. It prioritizes distinctive texture and thematic styling over neutral readability, aiming to create an immediate, iconic impression in display contexts.
The design’s distinctive notches and polygonal counters create strong texture in words, but also make small-size readability more dependent on spacing and line length. Uppercase forms appear especially emblematic, while lowercase retains the same hard-edged construction for a unified voice across cases.