Sans Faceted Kogo 13 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, packaging, game ui, techno, industrial, futuristic, arcade, mechanical, machined look, digital display, geometric clarity, impactful titles, angular, beveled, octagonal, geometric, modular.
A heavy, geometric sans built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with chamfered, multi-faceted edges. The letterforms lean toward squarish, octagonal bowls and counters, with consistent stroke thickness and crisp right angles. Terminals are typically cut on diagonals, giving corners a beveled, machined feel, while the overall spacing and widths vary by glyph to maintain readable proportions. Numerals and capitals share the same blocky construction, and the lowercase follows suit with simplified, rectilinear forms and compact joins.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where its angular personality can read clearly—headlines, wordmarks, posters, product packaging, and on-screen UI elements for games or tech-themed graphics. It can work for brief text blocks when set with generous size and spacing, but its dense stroke weight and faceting are most impactful in titles and labels.
The faceted construction and sharp chamfers evoke a technical, engineered mood—part sci‑fi interface, part industrial signage. Its blocky rhythm reads assertive and utilitarian, with an unmistakable retro-digital edge reminiscent of arcade and display lettering.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, machined aesthetic into a legible sans, using planar facets and chamfered corners to suggest speed, hardware, and digital systems while maintaining consistent structure across letters and figures.
Diagonal corner cuts are used consistently to soften otherwise rigid rectangles, creating a repeating octagonal motif across bowls (notably in rounded characters). Counters tend to be squarish and roomy for the weight, and the overall texture forms a strong, uniform color in lines of text.