Sans Superellipse Ikdal 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, signage, friendly, playful, retro, punchy, chunky, impact, approachability, retro display, brand punch, headline clarity, rounded, soft corners, compact counters, heavy terminals, poster.
A dense, heavy sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softly eased corners throughout. Strokes are thick and mostly uniform, producing compact internal counters and a strong, dark typographic color. Curves read as squarish superellipses rather than true circles, while horizontals and verticals end in broad, blunt terminals. The lowercase shows a tall x-height with stout ascenders and short-looking descenders, and overall spacing feels tight and blocky, emphasizing a solid, billboard-like rhythm.
Best suited to display settings where maximum impact is desired—posters, big headlines, bold branding, packaging, and attention-forward signage. It also works well for short slogans and punchy callouts where the compact counters and rounded-square forms become a distinctive visual signature.
The tone is bold and approachable, with a playful, slightly retro poster sensibility. Its squarish rounding gives it a toy-like friendliness while still feeling assertive and attention-grabbing. The overall impression is lively and informal rather than technical or minimalist.
The design appears intended as a high-impact display sans that merges friendly rounded geometry with a sturdy, blocky footprint. Its superellipse-like curves and blunt terminals suggest an emphasis on immediacy, warmth, and strong silhouette recognition in large sizes.
The figures are heavy and highly graphic, matching the lettering’s compact counters and broad shapes. In text, the font maintains strong impact but the dense forms and tight apertures can reduce clarity at smaller sizes, making it read best when given space and scale.