Sans Superellipse Ukmef 5 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, techy, industrial, retro, playful, utilitarian, impact, compactness, clarity, distinctiveness, modular feel, squared, rounded, blocky, condensed, geometric.
A condensed, geometric sans built from rounded-rectangle forms and straight runs with softened corners. Strokes are consistently heavy with minimal contrast, producing a sturdy, monoline silhouette and dense color on the page. Counters tend to be squarish and compact, apertures are relatively tight, and curves resolve into flattened, superelliptic arcs rather than true circles. The x-height reads tall, with short ascenders/descenders and simple, linear terminals that keep the rhythm uniform across text and numerals.
Best suited to headlines and short text where its heavy, condensed forms can deliver impact without requiring large widths. It works well for branding systems, packaging, and signage that benefit from a sturdy, engineered look, and it can also support UI titles or labels when a retro-tech voice is desired.
The overall tone feels technical and engineered, with a subtle retro-digital flavor from the squared curves and compact spacing. Its chunky, modular shapes also lend a playful, game-UI energy while staying firmly utilitarian and sign-like.
The design appears intended to blend compact efficiency with a distinctive superelliptic construction, creating a bold, space-saving sans that reads as both modern-industrial and lightly retro. Its consistent stroke behavior and simplified details suggest an aim for clarity, punch, and a recognizable modular personality.
Several forms emphasize angular joins and inset corners, giving the face a constructed, stencil-adjacent feel without actual breaks. The numeral set matches the same rounded-rect geometry, and the uppercase has a strong, poster-ready presence that remains legible at a distance.