Sans Faceted Ormy 5 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, branding, logotypes, posters, signage, futuristic, technical, arcade, architectural, industrial, geometric construction, digital aesthetic, display clarity, systemic consistency, retro futurism, octagonal, angled, geometric, hard-edged, condensed.
A hard-edged geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with planar facets. Forms are compact and vertically oriented, with squared bowls and octagonal counters that create a consistent, mechanical rhythm. Stroke endings and joins are crisp and angular, producing a modular feel across caps, lowercase, and numerals. The overall color is even, with open apertures and simplified construction that favors clean silhouettes over calligraphic nuance.
Best suited to display settings where its angular construction can read clearly and set a strong tone—headlines, posters, logos, packaging, and short UI labels. It can also work for wayfinding or environmental graphics where a technical, engineered voice is desired, while extended body text may feel overly rigid due to the faceted construction.
The faceted geometry and clipped corners evoke a retro-futurist, technical tone reminiscent of arcade displays, sci‑fi interfaces, and engineered signage. It reads as assertive and purposeful, with a cool, utilitarian character rather than a friendly or organic one.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, panel-cut aesthetic into a practical sans for bold titling. By enforcing consistent chamfers and straightened curves, it delivers a distinctive, systematized look that feels at home in modern tech themes as well as retro digital and arcade-inspired graphics.
Distinctive details include the blocky, chamfered bowls (notably in O/0 and C/G), a sharp diagonal leg on R, and a largely straight-sided S that keeps the same angular logic. The lowercase maintains the same constructed style, with single-storey a and a simplified, modular e; numerals are similarly squared and sign-like, supporting tight, grid-friendly layouts.