Sans Faceted Ilgu 9 is a light, normal width, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
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A monoline geometric design built from straight strokes and sharp chamfered corners, with curves consistently replaced by planar facets. Proportions feel compact with a relatively low x-height and tall ascenders, while counters are often diamond- or polygon-shaped. Stroke endings are mostly clean and squared, and the rhythm alternates between narrow glyphs (like I and l) and wider, open forms, creating a lively, slightly uneven color across a line. Numerals and capitals follow the same faceted construction, with distinctive polygonal 0 and 8 forms and angular diagonals throughout.
Best suited to display settings where the faceted construction can be appreciated—headlines, logotypes, packaging, posters, and titles for games or sci‑fi themed media. It can also work for short UI accents (labels, buttons, navigation) when set with comfortable size and spacing, but it is less optimized for long-form reading.
The overall tone is sleek and schematic, suggesting sci‑fi interfaces, digital systems, and retro arcade aesthetics. Its sharp geometry reads as inventive and slightly playful rather than neutral, giving text a constructed, puzzle-like character.
The design appears intended to translate a modern sans skeleton into an all-straight, polygonal system, prioritizing a consistent angular grammar across uppercase, lowercase, and figures. The goal seems to be a distinctive, tech-leaning voice that remains legible while avoiding curves.
Several letters lean on simplified, sign-like structures (notably in the lowercase), emphasizing recognizability through angles rather than traditional bowls. At smaller sizes the tight x-height and frequent corners may reduce softness and make spacing feel more critical than in rounder sans designs.