Sans Faceted Lyva 9 is a bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font visually similar to 'Ki' by Mint Type (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, wayfinding, packaging, industrial, tech, retro, utilitarian, architectural, impact, clarity, systematic, technical, branding, octagonal, chamfered, geometric, angular, blocky.
This typeface is built from straight strokes and clipped corners, replacing curves with crisp chamfers that create an octagonal, faceted geometry. Strokes maintain an even thickness and a sturdy, high-contrast silhouette, with generous internal counters that keep forms open despite the heavy color. The overall rhythm is tightly regular and mechanical, with consistent terminals, squared shoulders, and a clean, engineered feel across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display settings where its strong, angular silhouettes can carry impact: headlines, posters, product packaging, and environmental or wayfinding graphics. It also works well for technical branding, UI labels, or dashboards where a mechanical, system-like voice is desired and consistent spacing is beneficial.
The faceted construction gives the font a rugged, industrial tone that reads as technical and purpose-built. It suggests machinery, labeling, and hardware aesthetics, while also nodding to retro computer and arcade-era lettering through its strict, modular regularity.
The design appears intended to translate a geometric, machined sensibility into a practical, highly regular alphabet. By using faceted corners and consistent stroke behavior, it aims to deliver an assertive, modern-industrial voice that remains legible in compact, label-like contexts.
Distinctive chamfers appear at key joins and outer corners, producing a hard-edged look that stays consistent from rounded letters to diagonals. Numerals follow the same clipped-corner logic, yielding clear, sign-like shapes with a strong, uniform presence.