Sans Faceted Dohy 8 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, album covers, event branding, gothic, industrial, aggressive, retro, armored, impact, edginess, heritage nod, geometric stylization, display clarity, angular, faceted, chiseled, beveled, octagonal.
A sharply angular, faceted display sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, with many curves replaced by octagonal or chamfered geometry. Stems are heavy and largely monolinear, while diagonal cuts create a consistent beveled rhythm across joins and terminals. Counters tend to be compact and polygonal, and several glyphs include wedge-like notch details that evoke a carved or folded surface. Overall spacing and forms read sturdy and blocklike, prioritizing graphic silhouette over smooth curvature.
Best suited to large-scale display typography where the faceted silhouettes can read cleanly—posters, titles, packaging, and brand marks that want a tough, angular voice. It also works well for short labels, signage-style lockups, and impactful numerals in headings, but is less ideal for extended body text due to its dense counters and strong texture.
The design projects a hard-edged, armored tone with clear blackletter and heavy-metal poster associations, but translated into a more geometric, sans-like construction. It feels forceful, mechanical, and dramatic, with an intentionally austere rigidity that adds tension and impact in headline settings.
The font appears designed to capture a blackletter-adjacent attitude using a simplified, geometric construction: straight segments, repeated chamfers, and a consistent beveled motif. The goal seems to be bold presence and recognizability, delivering a rugged, cut-metal look without relying on traditional serifed Fraktur detailing.
Uppercase forms maintain strong vertical emphasis and consistent chamfer logic, while lowercase inherits the same faceting, producing a stylized texture even in longer lines. Numerals follow the same cut-corner construction, keeping the set visually unified for titling and date/price work. At smaller sizes the interior notches and tight counters may close up, so the style benefits from generous sizing and contrast against the background.