Sans Faceted Vana 1 is a bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, posters, headlines, logos, sports branding, futuristic, industrial, aggressive, tactical, arcade, sci-fi feel, maximum impact, machined look, display focus, angular, faceted, chiseled, techno, geometric.
A sharply faceted, geometric display sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, with curves largely replaced by planar angles. Forms are wide and squat, with heavy horizontal emphasis and predominantly orthogonal construction punctuated by diagonal chamfers at terminals and joins. Counters tend toward squared apertures, and many letters use notches and cut-ins that create a segmented, armored silhouette. Stroke endings are crisp and wedge-like rather than rounded, giving the alphabet a mechanical, machined consistency across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to titles, posters, branding marks, and on-screen headings where its wide, faceted silhouettes can read as a strong graphic element. It fits especially well in game UI/menus, esports or motorsport-style branding, and tech or sci‑fi themed packaging, where angular geometry and high-impact presence are desirable.
The overall tone is hard-edged and high-impact, suggesting sci‑fi interfaces, combat/tactical styling, and arcade-era techno graphics. The faceted cuts and blocky width feel assertive and engineered, projecting speed, power, and a slightly dystopian edge rather than friendliness or neutrality.
The design appears intended to translate a futuristic, machined aesthetic into a legible alphabet by substituting curves with planar facets and consistent chamfered terminals. Its wide stance and assertive cut-ins aim to maximize visual punch and recognizability in short text, emphasizing a bold, engineered personality over text-face neutrality.
The lowercase follows the same modular, angular logic as the uppercase, leaning toward small-cap-like proportions and simplified joins for a uniform texture. Numerals match the alphabet’s squared geometry and use strategic cutouts that help maintain internal differentiation at display sizes. The rhythm is dense and graphic, favoring silhouette recognition over conventional typographic warmth.