Sans Faceted Lasy 5 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, logos, packaging, industrial, retro, technical, sturdy, edgy, geometric stylization, industrial signaling, retro display, hard-edged clarity, angular, chamfered, octagonal, blocky, crisp.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp, planar facets. Bowls and rounds resolve into octagonal shapes, and terminals are consistently chamfered, giving the letterforms a hard, cut-metal feel. Strokes stay even and firm with minimal modulation, while counters are relatively open for the style. Proportions are practical and slightly condensed in places, with simple, geometric construction across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display settings where its faceted geometry can be appreciated: headlines, posters, logos, labels, packaging, and wayfinding or industrial-style signage. It can also work for short bursts of UI or interface labeling in themed designs, but it is most effective when set at moderate to large sizes.
The overall tone is utilitarian and mechanical, evoking stenciled hardware markings, arcade-era graphics, and engineered signage. Its angular rhythm reads assertive and no-nonsense, with a retro-futurist edge that feels both technical and bold without becoming ornate.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric sans skeleton into a distinctly faceted, chamfered aesthetic, prioritizing a rugged, manufactured look and clear silhouette recognition. It aims for a consistent cut-corner system across the character set to create a cohesive, industrial display voice.
Distinctive details include faceted ‘O’/‘0’ shapes, sharp diagonals in letters like A, V, W, and X, and a compact, squared-off texture in the lowercase. The design maintains strong consistency in its corner cuts, which helps the alphabet feel unified even where widths vary between glyphs.