Sans Faceted Life 5 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, packaging, ui labels, tech, futuristic, industrial, tactical, retro arcade, futuristic branding, interface clarity, industrial labeling, geometric display, octagonal, chamfered, angular, modular, monolinear.
This typeface is built from straight strokes with consistent thickness and crisp chamfered corners, replacing curves with short planar facets. Counters and bowls read as squarish-octagonal forms (notably in O, Q, 0, 8, and 9), giving a cut-from-plate geometry. The lowercase follows the same construction with single-storey forms and simplified terminals, while punctuation-like details such as the i/j dots appear as small squares. Overall spacing and rhythm feel engineered and grid-friendly, with a slightly modular, stencil-adjacent logic without actual breaks in the strokes.
Best suited to branding, titling, posters, and product/tech packaging where the faceted geometry can read as intentional design. It also works well for short UI labels, dashboards, and in-game/interface text where sharp, engineered forms complement a technical aesthetic.
The angular faceting and mechanical symmetry convey a sci-fi, utilitarian tone—clean, disciplined, and mildly aggressive. It evokes interfaces, hardware labeling, and retro-digital display culture while staying legible in short bursts of text.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric sans into a faceted, machined look, prioritizing crisp edges and uniform stroke logic over smooth curvature. It aims for a distinctive, technology-forward voice that remains structured and readable in display settings.
Diagonal joins are used sparingly and tend to resolve into crisp miters or short 45° cuts, keeping silhouettes tight and consistent. Numerals are especially display-oriented, with strong geometric presence and distinctive segmented-like shapes that remain coherent alongside the uppercase.