Sans Superellipse Ikdat 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, logotypes, playful, chunky, friendly, retro, toy-like, high impact, friendly display, retro flavor, logo-ready, blobby, rounded, soft corners, blocky, compact counters.
A heavy, rounded sans with superellipse-like geometry and softened corners throughout. Strokes are thick and fairly even, with broad horizontal proportions and compact interior counters that keep the letters feeling dense and punchy. Curves are built from rounded-rectangle forms rather than true circles, and joins stay smooth with minimal detailing. The lowercase is sturdy and simplified, with a single-storey ‘a’ and ‘g’, a round dot on ‘i/j’, and overall shapes that read clearly at display sizes. Numerals match the same chunky construction, with tight counters and a consistent, block-forward silhouette.
Best suited to large-scale display work where its thick strokes and rounded geometry can read cleanly—such as headlines, posters, packaging, and bold branding systems. It can also work for short callouts, stickers, and UI hero text, but extended body copy may feel heavy because of the dense, closed-in counters.
The overall tone is bold and approachable, leaning playful rather than technical. Its soft, inflated shapes suggest a retro sign-painting or cartoon-title energy, making the texture feel friendly, loud, and attention-seeking without sharpness.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a friendly, rounded voice—combining blocky, wide proportions with superellipse curves to create a distinctive, logo-ready display texture.
The typeface’s dense counters and rounded apertures create strong color on the line, which can reduce clarity at smaller sizes but enhances impact in headlines. The rhythm is energetic and slightly irregular in feel due to the superellipse construction and the naturally varied widths of characters like W, M, and round letters.