Sans Faceted Symu 1 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, sports branding, gaming ui, industrial, techno, aggressive, sporty, futuristic, impact, machined look, sci-fi tone, branding focus, display emphasis, faceted, angular, blocky, chiseled, octagonal.
A heavy, block-built display sans with sharply faceted construction that replaces curves with planar cuts. Strokes maintain a strong, even weight, while corners are consistently chamfered, producing octagonal counters and clipped terminals throughout. The letterforms are broadly proportioned with compact internal spaces, giving the type a dense, armored texture; diagonals are straight and decisive, and joins tend to form crisp angles rather than smooth transitions. Uppercase and lowercase share the same geometric, cut-metal logic, with simple, sturdy silhouettes and minimal modulation between thick and thin parts.
Best suited to large-scale applications where the faceted geometry can be appreciated: headlines, posters, wordmarks, team or event branding, and entertainment or gaming interface accents. It can also work for short bursts of packaging copy or signage where maximum impact is preferred over long-form readability.
The overall tone is tough and engineered, evoking machined parts, sci‑fi interfaces, and impact-driven branding. Its sharp facets and compressed counters read as assertive and high-energy, with a distinctly synthetic, constructed character.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through a consistent system of chamfered cuts, turning familiar sans structures into a hard-edged, industrial display voice. The goal seems to be a futuristic, machined aesthetic with strong rhythm and clear silhouette recognition in large settings.
The repeated chamfer motif creates a strong pattern at text level, especially in bowls and rounds where the counters become polygonal. At smaller sizes the tight apertures and dense black shapes can merge, while at larger sizes the faceting becomes a key stylistic feature.