Sans Faceted Tysu 5 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, game ui, packaging, edgy, retro, industrial, action, comic, high impact, speed, hard-edged, retro display, machined feel, angular, faceted, chiseled, oblique, compact.
A sharply faceted, oblique sans with planar cuts that replace curves and create a chiseled silhouette. Strokes are heavy and largely monolinear, with small spur-like terminals and polygonal counters that keep forms crisp and mechanical. The rhythm is energetic and slightly irregular, with compact proportions and a tightly packed texture that reads as assertive at display sizes. Numerals and capitals share the same angular construction, maintaining a consistent, hard-edged geometry across the set.
Best suited to display applications such as headlines, posters, logo wordmarks, game/arcade theming, and packaging where an aggressive, angular voice is desired. It can also work for short labels or UI accents, especially when set with extra spacing to preserve clarity.
The overall tone is intense and kinetic, evoking retro arcade signage, action titling, and industrial labeling. Its knife-cut angles and forward slant give it a sense of speed and impact, while the faceted construction adds a rugged, machined character.
The design appears intended to deliver a high-impact, speed-forward look by combining a slanted stance with hard planar facets in place of curves. The consistent chiseled construction suggests a deliberate effort to feel mechanical, sharp, and attention-grabbing for titling and branding.
The italicized stance and angular joins create strong directional movement across words, and the faceting can introduce a bit of visual noise in longer passages. It benefits from generous tracking and larger sizes where the polygonal details and counters remain distinct.