Sans Superellipse Sorak 9 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, industrial, poster, retro, assertive, utilitarian, high impact, industrial voice, retro display, technical texture, stencil-like, rounded, blocky, compressed counters, segmented.
A very heavy, geometric sans with rounded-rectangle construction and tightly controlled, vertical proportions. Strokes are thick with crisp exterior edges, while many interiors are carved with straight, slot-like apertures that create a segmented, almost stencil-like feel. Curves resolve into broad superelliptical arcs and flattened terminals, and several letters show distinctive cut-ins and notches that emphasize vertical rhythm. Counters are generally compact, and the overall silhouette reads as dense and highly graphic, especially in all caps.
Best suited for large-size display applications such as headlines, posters, bold branding marks, packaging, and signage where its dense forms and carved interiors can read as a deliberate stylistic motif. It can also work for short labels and UI-style badges when strong, compact word blocks are desired, but it is less appropriate for long passages of small text due to tight counters and strong internal segmentation.
The tone is bold, mechanical, and attention-seeking, evoking industrial labeling and early-to-mid 20th century display typography. Its segmented inner cuts add a technical, engineered character that can feel both retro and authoritative. The overall impression is confident and condensed-in-spirit, built to project impact rather than subtlety.
Designed to deliver maximum visual impact through heavy geometry and a signature system of internal cutouts. The construction suggests an intention to blend rounded-rectilinear forms with a technical, stencil-adjacent detailing that remains consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
In the sample text, the heavy mass and narrow interior openings make word shapes strongly rectangular, with clear emphasis on vertical strokes. The distinctive inner slits (notably in letters like A, B, D, O, and numerals) become a key identifying texture at larger sizes. Mixed-case maintains the same blocky construction, with a consistent dotted i/j and simplified, sculpted bowls.