Sans Faceted Synu 5 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, gaming ui, sports branding, industrial, tech, arcade, athletic, futuristic, impact, industrial tone, retro digital, signage, branding, octagonal, chamfered, blocky, geometric, angular.
A heavy, geometric sans built from flat strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with octagonal facets. Counters are mostly rectangular and compact, and joins are crisp, giving the forms a hard-edged, engineered feel. Proportions run broad with sturdy verticals and simplified diagonals, producing a dense, poster-like texture; the lowercase stays straightforward and sturdy, with single-storey a and g and minimal internal detail.
Best used at display sizes where the corner facets and blocky counters remain clear—headlines, posters, packaging callouts, team/athletics graphics, and gaming or tech UI titling. In longer passages it will create a strong, dark rhythm, making it more appropriate for short bursts of text than extended reading.
The overall tone is tough and mechanical, with a distinctly digital/arcade and sports-stencil attitude. Its angular cuts read as technical and utilitarian, lending a confident, assertive voice that feels suited to action-oriented or competitive messaging.
The design appears intended to translate a bold sans into a faceted, machined aesthetic—maximizing impact while keeping letterforms simple and highly regular. The clipped corners and squared counters suggest a deliberate nod to retro-digital and industrial signage traditions, optimized for attention-grabbing titles.
The faceting is applied consistently across rounds (C, G, O, S) and diagonals (K, V, W, X, Y), helping the alphabet feel cohesive despite the abrupt geometry. Numerals follow the same clipped construction and hold their own at display sizes, where the corner cuts become a defining signature.