Sans Faceted Demy 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, sports branding, industrial, tactical, retro, arcade, mechanical, impact, mechanical feel, retro-tech, signage style, bold display, blocky, angular, chamfered, stencil-like, compact.
A heavy, block-built sans with sharply chamfered corners and faceted cuts that substitute for curves throughout. Counters are small and often squared, creating dense interior spaces and a strong ink-trap-like rhythm at joins. Strokes stay consistently thick with minimal modulation, while terminals are abrupt and planar, giving letters a machined, cut-from-plate feel. Spacing reads tight and compact in text, and the overall silhouette is dominated by straight segments and clipped angles rather than rounds.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, title cards, posters, logo wordmarks, and packaging where its faceted geometry can read as a deliberate stylistic choice. It can also work for sports or action-oriented branding and on-screen display UI elements, especially at larger sizes where the cuts and counters remain clear.
The face projects a rugged, utilitarian tone—part industrial signage, part game/tech interface—where the faceting and hard corners feel engineered and no-nonsense. Its bold geometry lends an assertive, high-impact voice that can suggest toughness, action, and a slightly retro-digital edge.
The design appears intended to translate a bold sans into an angular, faceted system that feels cut, stamped, or machined, prioritizing strong silhouettes and a distinctive planar texture over smooth curves or typographic subtlety.
The angular construction is especially evident in round forms (like O/0) which become multi-sided shapes, and in diagonals that feel carved rather than smooth. Small apertures and heavy joins reduce delicacy but increase solidity, making the texture darker and more poster-like across longer lines.