Sans Faceted Ombe 5 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, technical, futuristic, industrial, game-like, architectural, sci-fi tone, industrial labeling, systematic design, display impact, faceted, octagonal, angular, geometric, monoline.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp, multi-angled facets that often read as octagonal terminals and bowls. Strokes are largely uniform, creating a clean monoline rhythm, while counters stay open and legible despite the sharp geometry. The construction is compact and orderly, with squared shoulders, notched joins, and consistent corner chamfers across caps, lowercase, and numerals, producing a precise, engineered texture in text.
Best suited to headlines, posters, branding, and packaging where the faceted construction can be appreciated at larger sizes. It also fits signage and interface-style graphics that benefit from a precise, engineered look and a compact horizontal footprint.
The overall tone feels technical and futuristic, with a measured, machined calm rather than expressive warmth. Its faceted shapes evoke sci‑fi interfaces, industrial labeling, and digital-era design systems, lending an assertive, contemporary edge to headings and short passages.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric sans into a faceted, planar language—delivering a contemporary, hard-edged identity while keeping letterforms straightforward and readable. Its consistent chamfering and monoline structure suggest a focus on systematic construction and a strong, unified visual signature.
Distinctive octagonal forms in letters like O/Q and several numerals reinforce the “cut” aesthetic, and the angular treatment carries through to punctuation and diacritics for a cohesive voice. The narrow proportions and straight-sided curves create a tight, efficient footprint that reads especially crisp at display sizes.