Sans Faceted Elje 9 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Mako' by Deltatype, 'Genesee JNL' by Jeff Levine, 'Refinery' by Kimmy Design, 'Navine' by OneSevenPointFive, and 'Gemsbuck Pro' by Studio Fat Cat (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: sports branding, posters, headlines, gaming ui, teamwear, athletic, industrial, aggressive, futuristic, tactical, impact, speed, ruggedness, branding, display, angular, faceted, blocky, compressed, slanted.
A heavy, slanted sans with crisp, planar facets that replace most curves with straight cuts and chamfered corners. Strokes are consistently thick with minimal modulation, creating a dense, high-impact texture. Counters tend to be angular and compact, and terminals often finish in sharp diagonals, giving letters a cut-metal feel. Spacing reads fairly tight and the overall rhythm is forward-leaning and energetic, with a slightly mechanical, engineered geometry across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display use where its dense weight and faceted forms can read clearly: sports identities, event posters, esports and gaming graphics, product decals, and bold UI headers. It works well for short bursts of text—titles, calls to action, and labels—where a sense of speed and toughness is desired.
The font projects speed and force, with a sporty, no-nonsense tone that feels built for impact. Its sharp facets and strong slant suggest motion, competition, and a technical, tool-like attitude. The overall impression is bold and assertive rather than friendly or refined.
The design appears intended to deliver a high-impact, motion-driven sans that feels engineered and rugged, using sharp chamfers and angular counters to evoke machined surfaces. Its emphasis is on distinctive, energetic silhouettes for branding and display rather than quiet body-text neutrality.
The faceting introduces distinctive silhouettes that stay coherent across the set, helping large headlines feel uniform and branded. At smaller sizes, the dense weight and angular counters can make fine differentiation rely more on outline shape than interior space.