Sans Superellipse Rarow 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, modernist, technical, retro, industrial, minimal, space saving, strong identity, systematic forms, clean display, condensed, rounded, monoline, geometric, clean.
A condensed, monoline sans built from rounded-rectangle geometry, with softly squared curves and straight, vertical stems. Corners and terminals are consistently rounded, and bowls/counters tend toward superelliptical shapes rather than true circles, producing a crisp but friendly silhouette. The rhythm is tight and vertical, with compact apertures and simple, unmodulated strokes that keep letterforms uniform across sizes.
Works best for headlines, short blocks of text, and identity systems where a compact, vertically driven look is desirable. It suits posters, packaging, wayfinding, interfaces, and technical or industrial-themed graphics, especially when you need to fit more characters into limited width while keeping a clean, contemporary voice.
The overall tone feels modernist and technical, with a subtle retro-futurist flavor reminiscent of labeling, instrumentation, and mid-century display typography. Its narrow stance and squared rounds read efficient and engineered, while the rounded corners prevent it from feeling harsh.
The design appears intended to deliver an efficient, condensed sans with a distinctive superelliptical (rounded-rectangle) skeleton—combining a utilitarian footprint with a recognizable, softly squared personality for display and branding use.
Distinctive rounded-rectangle construction shows up strongly in characters like O/0, C, D, and U, and the punctuation/diacritics follow the same clean, minimal logic. The condensed proportions make it space-saving in headlines, but the tight internal space suggests giving it a bit of extra tracking when used in longer lines.