Sans Superellipse Pined 3 is a very bold, very narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, branding, packaging, industrial, condensed, retro, commanding, utilitarian, space-saving, high impact, signage tone, uniform texture, industrial feel, rounded, stencil-like, geometric, compact, high-contrast negative.
A tall, compact display sans built from rounded-rectangle geometry and tight interior counters. Strokes stay essentially uniform, with blunt terminals and frequent softened corners that keep the heavy forms from feeling brittle. Many letters feature narrow apertures and small bowls, creating a dense rhythm and strong vertical emphasis; diagonals (as in K, X, Y) are simplified and sturdy rather than delicate. Numerals follow the same condensed, blocky logic, with squarish curves and minimal internal space for a cohesive set.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, logotypes, and product packaging where a dense, vertical footprint is an advantage. It can also work for wayfinding and labels when set large, where its compact width and robust shapes hold up well.
The tone is bold and utilitarian, with a slightly retro industrial flavor reminiscent of labeling, signage, and compressed headlines. Its compact silhouette and chunky construction convey authority and urgency, while the rounded corners add a controlled, engineered friendliness rather than warmth.
The design appears aimed at delivering maximum impact in minimal horizontal space, using a consistent, engineered geometry with rounded-rectangle forms for a cohesive, industrial display voice. It prioritizes strong silhouette and typographic color over open counters and long-form readability.
At text sizes the tight counters and narrow apertures can reduce legibility, especially in letter clusters, so it reads best when given space or used large. The uppercase has a particularly uniform, poster-like presence, and the overall texture becomes a strong, dark typographic color when set in paragraphs.