Sans Faceted Gudu 3 is a very light, normal width, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, ui labels, technical, drafted, austere, angular, geometric, geometric styling, futuristic tone, distinctive texture, angular construction, monoline, faceted, sharp, leaning, skeletal.
A monoline, oblique sans with distinctive faceted construction: curves are consistently replaced by short, straight segments that create crisp corners and planar bends. Strokes remain even and spare, with open counters and simplified terminals that keep forms light and airy. Proportions are moderately tall and narrow in feeling, and the variable character widths (from compact forms like I to broader rounds like O and Q) produce a lively, slightly irregular rhythm. Numerals and round letters show the faceting most clearly, reading as polygonal outlines rather than smooth bowls.
Best suited to display settings where its polygonal curves and lean rhythm can be appreciated—posters, titles, branding systems, and packaging. It can also work for short UI labels or data/tech themed graphics when set with comfortable size and spacing, but the faceted bowls suggest avoiding long passages of small text.
The overall tone feels technical and drafted, like lettering built from straightedge segments rather than pen curves. Its angularity lends a mildly futuristic, utilitarian character, while the light stroke and slanted stance keep it nimble and contemporary.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a clean sans through a straight-segment, faceted drawing method, producing a crisp geometric voice with a light, agile texture. It prioritizes distinctive silhouette and angular construction over conventional smoothness, aiming for a modern, engineered feel.
The faceting is applied systematically across both uppercase and lowercase, helping maintain cohesion even where shapes are simplified. Diagonals and joins are clean and abrupt, emphasizing a crisp silhouette; at smaller sizes the segmented rounds may become more prominent, so spacing and size choice will strongly influence smoothness of texture.