Sans Faceted Mika 8 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, industrial, techy, bold, quirky, retro, geometric identity, display impact, industrial tone, modernization, faceted, angular, chamfered, monolinear, crisp.
This typeface is built from straight segments and chamfered corners, replacing most curves with planar facets that create a cut-from-sheet look. Strokes are predominantly monolinear with clear, hard terminals and a consistent, upright stance. Bowls and rounds (as in C, O, and G) resolve into polygonal forms, while diagonals in letters like K, V, W, X, and Y feel taut and mechanical. Lowercase forms are simple and sturdy, with single-storey construction where applicable and compact counters that keep the texture dark and even in text.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and branding where its angular, faceted geometry can be appreciated at larger sizes. It can also work for packaging, signage, and UI accents that benefit from a crisp, technical flavor, while longer body copy may feel visually busy due to the dense, hard-edged texture.
The overall tone is engineered and slightly futuristic, with a rugged, utilitarian edge. Its faceted construction adds a distinctive, quirky character that reads as tech-industrial rather than soft or humanist, giving headlines a decisive, tool-like voice.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a straightforward sans structure through a faceted, chamfered construction, delivering a geometric voice that feels manufactured and modern. The goal seems to be strong recognizability and visual texture while maintaining familiar letter shapes for readability.
The faceting is applied consistently across the alphabet and numerals, producing a recognizable rhythm and a slightly stencil-adjacent feel without breaking strokes. In the sample text, the angular shaping remains legible at display sizes and creates a patterned texture, especially across repeated rounded letters and diagonals.