Sans Faceted Afve 3 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, sports branding, packaging, industrial, collegiate, rugged, authoritative, retro, impact, brand mark, signage, uniformity, machined look, chamfered, angular, blocky, octagonal, condensed.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and crisp chamfered corners, replacing curves with faceted, near-octagonal contours. Stems are heavy and consistent, with squared terminals and frequent 45° cuts that create a modular, cut-out rhythm across letters and numerals. Counters are compact and mostly rectangular or polygonal, and the overall silhouette reads tall and tight, producing a dense, emphatic texture in text. The lowercase maintains the same engineered geometry as the uppercase, with simplified bowls and short joins that keep the forms sturdy and uniform.
Well suited for impactful headlines, poster titles, and logo wordmarks where the angular facets can be a defining visual signature. It also fits sports or varsity-style branding, product packaging, and bold labels that benefit from a compact, stamped look. For longer passages, it’s most effective as short blocks of text, callouts, or display copy.
The faceted construction and compact, blocklike shapes project a tough, utilitarian tone with a sporty, uniform-like edge. It feels assertive and no-nonsense, leaning toward industrial signage and team branding rather than delicate editorial expression. The repeated angled cuts add a retro-machined flavor that can read both vintage and technical depending on context.
The design appears intended to translate a stencil-like, cut-metal geometry into a compact display face, prioritizing punchy silhouettes and repeatable angled details over smooth curves. Its construction emphasizes consistency and strength, yielding a recognizable, badge-ready texture across both cases and figures.
In continuous text the strong vertical emphasis and tight internal spaces create a high-contrast page color (dark overall), so it performs best when given breathing room through generous tracking or larger sizes. Numerals match the same chamfered logic, supporting consistent headline and label settings.