Sans Superellipse Alkih 6 is a light, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, branding, posters, ui headings, product names, futuristic, techy, minimal, clinical, retro sci-fi, sci-fi styling, systematic geometry, clean display, distinctive branding, rounded corners, monoline, geometric, squared curves, open counters.
This typeface is built from monoline strokes and rounded-rectangle geometry, with corners softened into consistent radii and curves that feel more like superellipses than true circles. Letters sit on a clean, even baseline with mostly squared bowls and terminals, creating a modular rhythm across the alphabet. Many forms use open counters and interior cut-ins (notably in shapes like B, D, P, and g), which introduces a slightly stenciled, constructed look while keeping the overall texture airy. Numerals follow the same rounded-square logic, maintaining consistent stroke behavior and a tidy, engineered finish.
Best suited for display settings where its rounded-rect geometry can read clearly: tech branding, product and model naming, posters, packaging, and UI headings or labels. It can work in short text blocks for a distinctive voice, but the constructed counters and narrow interior apertures suggest it will perform strongest at moderate-to-large sizes.
The overall tone reads as futuristic and interface-oriented, with a retro computer/space-age flavor. Its rounded-square forms feel precise and designed, giving it a clean, technical personality rather than a humanist one. The open, cut-in details add a subtle “schematic” character that reinforces a digital or industrial mood.
The design appears intended to translate a rounded-rectangle grid into a full alphabet, emphasizing consistency of corner radii and a streamlined, engineered rhythm. The cut-in counter treatments and simplified joins suggest a goal of creating a memorable, system-like word shape that signals technology and modernity.
The design’s most distinctive trait is the repeated use of squared curves and inset joins that create visual breaks inside bowls and at some terminals. This gives the font a recognizable signature in headlines, but also means spacing and internal openings play a big role in legibility, especially at smaller sizes.