Sans Faceted Dewa 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, logos, industrial, authoritative, retro, athletic, militant, high impact, stencil-like solidity, retro display, signage punch, blocky, chamfered, geometric, compact, angular.
A heavy, block-constructed sans with sharp chamfers and faceted joins that replace most curves with planar cuts. Strokes are uniform and dense, with squared terminals and occasional shield-like tapering at the bottoms of forms, giving many letters a carved, armored silhouette. Counters are tight and often rectangular or slit-like, and the overall rhythm is built from repeated verticals and deep interior notches. Lowercase forms largely echo the uppercase construction, maintaining a tall, compact presence with minimal differentiation in stroke logic across the set.
Best suited for short, prominent settings such as headlines, posters, sports or team-style branding, bold packaging callouts, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for signage or labels where high-impact shapes are more important than extended readability.
The tone is forceful and hard-edged, projecting an industrial, assertive voice with a distinctly retro display feel. Its faceted geometry suggests machinery, armor, and stamped signage, creating a confident, high-impact impression.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum visual punch through dense weight and faceted geometry, evoking cut-metal or carved-letter aesthetics. Its consistent, modular construction prioritizes a strong graphic silhouette for display use over delicate detail.
The design relies on strong vertical emphasis and consistent chamfer angles, which creates crisp texture at large sizes but can cause counters to close up in longer text. Numerals match the same blocky, cut-in construction for cohesive titling and labeling.