Sans Superellipse Sirab 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, logos, packaging, industrial, retro, technical, condensed, assertive, space saving, impact, systematic, modern retro, rounded corners, squared curves, monolinear, compact, high-waisted.
A compact display sans with a strongly constructed, squared-off skeleton softened by rounded corners. Strokes read largely monolinear, with small ink-trap-like notches and interior corners that keep counters open in tight spaces. Curves resolve into superellipse-style bowls and arches, giving round letters a rounded-rectangle footprint. Proportions are tall and tight, with short crossbars and compact apertures that maintain a disciplined, engineered rhythm across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and short text where its compressed width and strong vertical rhythm can add impact without sacrificing legibility. It also fits signage, wayfinding, packaging, and logo wordmarks that benefit from a technical, constructed look and consistent numeral styling.
The overall tone feels industrial and retro-technical, like stenciled signage and mid-century instrument labeling filtered through a modern geometric lens. Its condensed stance and squared curves project efficiency and firmness rather than softness, creating a confident, utilitarian voice.
The design appears intended to deliver high-impact, space-efficient typography with a geometric, rounded-rectangle construction. By pairing tight proportions with softened corners and controlled counters, it aims to remain readable while communicating a purposeful, engineered character.
Distinctive details include the squared shoulders on letters like n/m and the clipped, rounded terminals that create a consistent “machined” finish. Numerals follow the same squared-curve logic, reading sturdy and uniform, which reinforces the font’s system-like cohesion in blocks of text.