Sans Faceted Umtu 1 is a very bold, very wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, gaming, sports, futuristic, industrial, techno, game, mechanical, tech aesthetic, impact, modularity, angularity, branding, angular, octagonal, chamfered, blocky, geometric.
A heavy, geometric display sans built from straight strokes and sharply cut corners, with consistent chamfering that replaces curves with faceted planes. Counters and apertures are rectangular and tightly controlled, producing a dense, armored texture. The overall rhythm is squarish and compact in the bowls, while horizontals feel long and assertive, giving the face a strong, engineered presence. Numerals and capitals share the same octagonal logic, and punctuation is similarly blunt and structural.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, wordmarks, game titles, and UI/overlay labels where the faceted geometry can be a visual feature. It also fits branding that wants an industrial or sci‑fi flavor, and number-forward applications like scoreboards or product markings.
The tone is hard-edged and technological, evoking machinery, sci‑fi interfaces, and arcade or retro-console aesthetics. Its crisp facets and closed forms read as forceful and utilitarian rather than friendly or handwritten, projecting a sense of precision and toughness.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, faceted techno look using strict straight-line construction and repeated chamfers for immediate recognition. Its emphasis on rectangular counters and angular silhouettes suggests a goal of creating a robust, machine-made display voice that stays consistent across letters and figures.
The design relies on repeated corner cuts and rectangular interior spaces, creating a distinctive “stenciled-by-geometry” feel without obvious breaks. The lowercase follows the same architectural construction as the uppercase, keeping the voice consistent across mixed-case settings and giving text a uniform, modular cadence.