Sans Faceted Omnu 5 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, game titles, album art, gothic, medieval, dramatic, heraldic, severe, historic tone, display impact, geometric simplification, thematic styling, angular, faceted, blackletter-inspired, vertical, condensed.
This typeface is built from hard, faceted strokes that replace curves with crisp angled segments and chamfered corners. Stems are straight and predominantly vertical, with a compact, condensed footprint and tight interior counters that emphasize a dark, high-contrast silhouette. Terminals often end in pointed wedges or clipped angles, creating a rhythmic pattern of repeating spikes along tops and joins. The overall construction feels monoline in stroke thickness, relying on geometry and negative space rather than contrast to define forms.
Best suited to display typography where its angular texture and condensed proportions can create impact—such as posters, titles, packaging accents, or branding marks. It works well for themes involving fantasy, metal, gothic, or historical references, and is most effective in short lines rather than extended reading.
The tone is emphatic and historic, evoking signage and lettering associated with medieval or gothic aesthetics. Its sharp planes and pointed terminals give it a stern, authoritative character suited to dramatic or ceremonial messaging.
The design appears intended to capture blackletter/medieval energy using a simplified, planar construction that feels clean and digital. By keeping stroke weight steady and substituting curves with facets, it aims for a bold, iconic texture that remains legible in contemporary layout contexts.
Uppercase forms read like modernized blackletter capitals—more geometric and simplified—while lowercase maintains the same angular vocabulary with compact bowls and distinctive hooked/peaked joins. Numerals follow the same faceted logic, producing strong, emblematic figures that hold up well at display sizes.