Sans Faceted Akke 1 is a very bold, wide, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, game ui, packaging, techno, industrial, retro, arcade, futuristic, impact, tech aesthetic, display clarity, modular geometry, angular, geometric, faceted, blocky, chiseled.
This typeface is built from heavy, uniform strokes with crisp, planar corners that replace curves with chamfered facets. Letterforms sit on a squared, horizontal baseline with compact counters and tight interior apertures, creating a dense, high-contrast silhouette against the page. Terminals are consistently clipped and orthogonal, and diagonals (notably in A, K, M, N, V, W, X, Y) resolve into straight segments with sharp joins. Uppercase forms feel sturdy and modular, while the lowercase mirrors the same geometric construction with simplified bowls and short extenders, keeping texture compact in running text.
Best suited for display settings where impact and a technical vibe are desired—headlines, branding marks, posters, game/UI titles, and product packaging. It holds up well at larger sizes where the faceting and tight counters can be appreciated, and it can create a strong, stylized voice in short blocks of text.
The overall tone is assertive and mechanical, evoking digital hardware, sci‑fi interfaces, and arcade-era display lettering. Its faceted geometry gives it a hard-edged, engineered character that reads as modern and technical while still nodding to retro pixel and vector aesthetics.
The font appears designed to translate a futuristic, machine-made aesthetic into a consistent, modular sans structure, prioritizing bold presence and geometric cohesion. Its faceted treatment suggests an intention to feel digital and engineered rather than calligraphic or humanist.
The design favors closed shapes and strong horizontals, producing a dark typographic color and a rigid rhythm across lines. Round letters such as O, C, G, and S are rendered as angular polygons, and numerals follow the same clipped, industrial logic for cohesive titling.