Sans Superellipse Elne 16 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, editorial, packaging, sleek, modernist, aerodynamic, retro-futurist, space-saving, speed, modern branding, display clarity, streamlined tone, condensed, oblique, tall, crisp, taut.
A tall, tightly drawn oblique sans with rounded-rectangle geometry and softly squared curves. Strokes are clean and mostly monolinear with subtle modulation, creating a crisp, engineered feel rather than calligraphic softness. Counters are compact and vertical, terminals are smooth and uncluttered, and the overall rhythm is fast and upright-leaning despite the slant. Numerals and capitals follow the same narrow, elongated proportions, producing a consistent, high-efficiency texture in lines of text.
Best suited to headlines, subheads, posters, and branded messaging where a narrow, high-impact voice helps conserve horizontal space. It also works well for editorial display, packaging, and signage-style applications that benefit from a sleek, directional tone; for long passages, it will read more as a stylized text face than a neutral workhorse.
The font projects speed and precision—cool, contemporary, and slightly retro in a way that recalls streamlined signage and fashion/editorial titling. Its condensed slant adds urgency and forward motion, while the rounded geometry keeps it refined rather than aggressive.
Likely designed to deliver a compact, motion-forward voice with a contemporary geometric backbone. The rounded-rectangle construction and disciplined condensation suggest an emphasis on strong vertical presence, clean reproduction, and a distinctive italic texture for display-led typography.
The design maintains a disciplined silhouette across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, with rounded corners and compact apertures that emphasize a continuous vertical flow. In text, it forms a dark, even stripe with minimal visual noise, making the italic angle feel structural rather than decorative.