Sans Superellipse Iknok 1 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, retro, industrial, playful, futuristic, display, high impact, distinctive branding, stencil effect, tech styling, signage strength, blocky, stencil-like, geometric, superelliptical, ink-trap cuts.
A heavy, geometric sans built from squarish superellipse shapes and rounded rectangles, with broad proportions and compact internal counters. Many characters feature deliberate vertical and horizontal slit-like cutouts that read as stencil breaks or ink-trap notches, creating strong black-and-white patterning and a distinctive rhythm across words. Curves are simplified and sturdy (notably in O/C/G), terminals are largely blunt, and joins are clean with minimal modulation; the overall texture is dense, graphic, and highly uniform at headline sizes.
Best suited to display contexts such as posters, album covers, event headlines, branding marks, packaging fronts, and short signage where its stencil-like cuts can read clearly. It can also work for punchy UI labels or game titles when used at larger sizes with comfortable tracking.
The repeated cutouts and chunky geometry give the font a retro-tech and industrial feel, evoking signage, machinery labeling, and sci‑fi title cards. Its bold silhouettes also add a playful, game-like energy, with letterforms that feel engineered and intentionally stylized rather than neutral.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a consistent geometric base, while the systematic slit cutouts add recognizability and a mechanical/stenciled character. It prioritizes bold graphic presence and a distinctive word-shape over unobtrusive text setting.
Legibility relies on size: the internal slits and tight counters can merge at smaller settings, but at larger scales they become a defining visual motif. The numerals and capitals carry the strongest personality, and the overall spacing reads generous enough to keep the dark mass from turning into a solid bar in short lines.