Sans Faceted Kohy 5 is a bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, game ui, packaging, techno, futuristic, industrial, retro sci‑fi, gaming, tech aesthetic, display impact, mechanical clarity, sci‑fi styling, angular, chamfered, octagonal, geometric, blocky.
A geometric sans with faceted construction: curves are consistently replaced by straight segments and chamfered corners, producing an octagonal, cut-metal silhouette. Strokes are uniform and sturdy, with squared terminals and frequent diagonal trims on outer corners and joins. Counters tend to be compact and polygonal (notably in O/0, 6/8/9, and D), and the overall spacing and proportions read slightly extended, giving the letters a broad footprint while remaining crisp and legible. The lowercase follows the same engineered logic, with single-storey forms and angular bowls, maintaining a consistent rhythm across text.
Best suited for display settings where its angular facets can read clearly: headlines, branding marks, posters, and titles. It also fits interface-style applications such as game UI, dashboards, and product or tech packaging where a precise, engineered voice is desirable.
The faceted geometry and hard corners convey a mechanical, high-tech tone with a strong retro-futurist flavor. It feels engineered and utilitarian, suggesting hardware labels, sci‑fi interfaces, and arcade-era graphics rather than soft or humanist expression.
Likely intended to translate a techno/industrial aesthetic into a clean, modular letterset by substituting curves with planar facets while keeping forms familiar. The consistent chamfer system and sturdy stroke weight suggest an emphasis on impact, clarity, and a distinctive, machine-made personality in larger sizes.
The design leans on repeated diagonal chamfers as a unifying motif, which helps maintain cohesion across straight-sided and rounded archetypes. Numerals match the caps in construction, with a distinctive, cut-corner 0 and similarly polygonal 8 and 9 that reinforce the technical character.