Sans Faceted Omnu 1 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, album covers, game titles, medieval, gothic, metal, authoritative, ritual, dramatic display, blackletter echo, carved effect, geometric discipline, emblematic branding, angular, faceted, chiseled, octagonal, spiky.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and hard corners, substituting curves with crisp planar facets. Bowls and rounds resolve into octagonal forms, with consistent stroke thickness and pointed, chamfer-like terminals that create a carved, geometric rhythm. Counters are small and angular, and verticals dominate, giving the letters a compact, columnar stance. The numerals echo the same faceted construction, with sharp diagonals and clipped corners for a uniform, cut-stone texture across the set.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, title treatments, and logo wordmarks where the faceted construction can be appreciated. It also fits entertainment and fantasy-adjacent applications—game titles, event branding, and album/merch graphics—where a dramatic, archaic mood is desirable. For long passages, it will generally work better at larger sizes with generous spacing to keep counters from closing visually.
The overall tone feels medieval and ceremonial, evoking blackletter cues through its vertical emphasis and pointed joins while remaining distinctly geometric. Its sharp, chiseled forms read as forceful and dramatic, lending a sense of severity and tradition. The effect is assertive and stylized rather than casual, with a strong “forged” or “inscribed” presence.
The design appears intended to translate blackletter-inspired energy into a simplified, geometric system built from straight segments and clipped corners. By enforcing consistent angular construction across letters and numerals, it prioritizes a bold, emblematic texture that reads like carved lettering or metal-cut forms in display use.
In text, the dense interior angles and tight counters create a dark, patterned color that can feel intense at smaller sizes, while larger settings emphasize the distinctive faceting. Capitals carry the strongest personality, and the lowercase maintains the same angular logic for a cohesive voice. Punctuation and figures appear designed to match the same clipped, polygonal vocabulary.