Sans Faceted Ipmy 4 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, packaging, signage, gothic, industrial, authoritative, retro, blackletter echo, modernize gothic, hard-edged display, signage impact, angular, faceted, chiseled, blackletter-leaning, octagonal.
A compact, vertical display face built from straight strokes and planar facets, with corners consistently clipped into small chamfers instead of curves. Stems and arms keep a steady stroke presence, while counters are tight and often polygonal, producing a dense, high-contrast silhouette against the page. Terminals are squared and notched, and many joins resolve into pointed, roof-like peaks that emphasize a mechanical, constructed rhythm. The lowercase follows the same rigid geometry, with simplified bowls and a single-storey, angular feel across rounded letters; numerals are similarly blocky and cut from the same faceted system.
Best suited to headlines, titles, and brand marks where a rigid, angular personality is desired. It also fits packaging and signage that benefit from a carved, industrial look, and it can work for short thematic text blocks when a gothic or old-world edge is intentional.
The overall tone is gothic-adjacent and commanding, with a hard-edged, architectural severity. Its chiseled shapes suggest metalwork, signage, and vintage utilitarian labeling rather than softness or neutrality, giving text a stern, declarative voice.
The design intent appears to translate blackletter-inspired presence into a simplified, geometric construction, replacing traditional curves with crisp facets for a modern, fabricated feel. It prioritizes distinctive texture and strong silhouette over quiet body-text readability.
Spacing appears relatively tight, and the strong verticals create a pronounced texture that reads best at larger sizes. The faceting is highly consistent across the set, which helps maintain coherence in all-caps words and short lines, while extended passages become visually insistent due to the dense patterning.