Rana V.1 Typeface
Last Updated on July 20, 2026 by Editorial Team
Rana V.1 is a geometric typeface created by Mohamed El dardery (Ter Vex). The typeface comes in both .OTF and .TTF formats.
What makes Rana stand out is the way it fractures its own letterforms. Look closely at the capital A, N and the E in “TYPEFACE” and you’ll notice small triangular notches carved into the strokes, as if the letters have been chipped or weathered.
That detail turns a simple geometric sans into something with real texture and narrative weight. It reads as bold, architectural, and slightly rugged all at once.
The overall construction is confidently geometric. Strokes are thick and monoline, counters are wide open, and the letters sit on a tall, condensed-ish structure that gives words a strong vertical presence.
Against the dark, rubble-strewn background in the preview, the white letterforms read almost like a title card for a film or a survival game, which tells you a lot about the mood this typeface is built to carry.
This combination of clean geometry and broken detailing makes Rana a good fit for logos, badges, and wordmarks that need to feel tough, adventurous, or a little post-apocalyptic without tipping into full grunge or distressed textures.
It works well for game titles, outdoor and survival gear branding, action-movie posters, streetwear graphics, and any packaging or merchandise that wants a rugged, expedition-ready feel.
Because the letterforms are still legible and geometrically disciplined underneath the notches, it also holds up in shorter headlines and app icons where a fully distressed display font would fall apart at small sizes.
Using the Broken-Stroke Detailing Effectively
The chipped notches are the signature feature of Rana, so the best way to use it is at a size and weight where those breaks stay visible.
Very small text will simply blur the notches into the counters, so this typeface is best reserved for headlines, logotypes, and short standalone words rather than paragraphs of body copy.
When pairing it with a secondary typeface, choose something plain and quiet, like a simple grotesque or a thin geometric sans, so the detailing in Rana remains the focal point rather than competing with another decorative face.
If you’re building a logo, try setting the wordmark in Rana on its own first, then add a plain sans-serif tagline beneath it in a much smaller size.
That contrast lets the personality of the display letters do the branding work while the supporting text stays functional and easy to read.
For color treatments, the preview itself is a good cue: a stark white or light mark against a near-black or heavily textured dark background makes the broken strokes pop, since the notches rely on contrast to register as intentional cuts rather than rendering artifacts.
If you’re applying the typeface over a photographic background, keep the image dark and low in detail behind the letters, or add a subtle dark overlay, so the notches don’t get lost against busy imagery.
Rana also suits emblem-style layouts. Try wrapping the wordmark with a circular badge, a simple line border, or crossed accent marks the way military and expedition logos often do, since the typeface’s blocky geometry gives you clean edges to build a badge frame around.
