Sans Faceted Umlo 5 is a very bold, very wide, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, gaming ui, sci-fi titles, techno, industrial, futuristic, arcade, robotic, futurism, impact, modularity, machine aesthetic, display voice, angular, geometric, octagonal, chamfered, blocky.
A heavy, geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with octagonal, chamfered facets. Counters are mostly rectangular and tightly proportioned, with compact apertures and short interior gaps that create a dense, mechanical texture. Terminals are consistently squared or beveled, diagonals are crisp, and the overall spacing and widths vary by glyph but keep a steady, modular rhythm. The lowercase follows the same hard-edged logic with simple, single-storey forms and a high, prominent x-height that keeps words visually tall and compact.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, title cards, posters, and logo/wordmark work where the angular detailing can be appreciated. It also fits interface and display uses—especially gaming, tech, and product branding—where a crisp, hard-edged voice is desirable and legibility can be managed with generous size and spacing.
The faceted construction and slabby silhouettes give the face a sci‑fi, industrial tone—more “machine-made” than humanist. It feels assertive and tactical, with a retro-digital/arcade flavor that reads like signage, hardware labeling, or game UI rather than editorial typography.
The design appears intended to translate a modular, engineered aesthetic into a readable sans by standardizing bevel angles and keeping strokes uniform. Its primary goal seems to be creating a distinctive, futuristic display texture that remains coherent across uppercase, lowercase, and figures.
Clipped corners are used systematically on both outer contours and many inner counters, producing a consistent polygonal motif across letters and numerals. The darkest areas cluster in joins and corners, so the font tends to read as a strong block shape at smaller sizes and becomes more characterful as size increases.