Sans Faceted Rala 11 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, album art, gothic, industrial, aggressive, retro, mechanical, impact, edge, theming, brand stamp, display clarity, angular, faceted, chiseled, blackletter-leaning, high-contrast shapes.
A compact, angular display face built from sharp planar cuts rather than curves. Strokes stay consistently heavy, with corners rendered as pointed wedges and clipped terminals that create a faceted, chiseled silhouette. Counters are tight and often polygonal (notably in O, P, R, 8), and joins form crisp internal angles that keep the texture dense and dark. Proportions are generally condensed with a low x-height and short apertures, while capitals and numerals read as sturdy, geometric forms with minimal modulation.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, branding marks, packaging callouts, and entertainment or music graphics. It can also work for themed event titles and signage where a sharp, gothic-industrial flavor is desired, but it is less appropriate for long passages of small text.
The overall tone feels gothic and hard-edged, mixing medieval sign-painting energy with a modern, industrial severity. Its spiky terminals and dense color lend it a forceful, authoritative voice that reads as dramatic and slightly confrontational.
The design appears intended to evoke a faceted, carved look—replacing curves with crisp angles to create a strong, emblematic presence. It prioritizes a distinctive silhouette and dense typographic color for attention-grabbing display use.
Legibility is strongest at display sizes, where the faceting and tight counters become distinctive rather than crowded. The mix of pointed diagonals and vertical emphasis creates a rhythmic, cut-metal texture across words, especially in uppercase headings.