Sans Superellipse Irve 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, signage, industrial, retro, sporty, assertive, techy, high impact, geometric branding, signage clarity, numeric emphasis, retro tech, blocky, squared, rounded corners, compact counters.
A heavy, geometric sans built from squared forms with generously rounded corners and mostly uniform stroke weight. Curves resolve into softened rectangles and superellipse-like bowls, producing compact apertures and tight internal counters. Terminals are blunt and flat, with occasional angled joins on diagonals (notably in letters like K, V, W, X, Y, and Z) that add a chiseled, constructed feel. Spacing and rhythm favor solid, dense letterforms and stable silhouettes, prioritizing impact over delicacy in small details.
This font is best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, sports or event graphics, packaging callouts, and bold wayfinding or signage. It also performs well for large numerals in scoreboards, labels, and UI badges where strong silhouettes matter more than fine detail.
The overall tone is bold and commanding, with a distinctly industrial, retro-technical flavor. Its rounded-rectangle geometry evokes sports numbering, arcade-era display lettering, and utilitarian signage, giving text an energetic, no-nonsense presence.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight and clarity through simple, modular geometry, using rounded-square construction to keep the forms friendly while remaining powerful. It aims for a distinctive display voice that feels engineered and contemporary-retro rather than neutral body text.
Uppercase shapes read particularly architectural, while the lowercase keeps the same blocky logic, resulting in a cohesive but display-forward texture in paragraphs. Numerals follow the same squared, rounded-corner construction and feel especially suited to attention-grabbing counts and scores.