Sans Superellipse Tekul 7 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Festivo LC' and 'Festivo Letters' by Ahmet Altun, 'Brinova' by Digitype Studio, 'Nestor' by Fincker Font Cuisine, 'Opinion Pro' by Mint Type, 'DIN Next Paneuropean' by Monotype, and 'Pulse JP' and 'Pulse JP Arabic' by jpFonts (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, industrial, playful, retro, assertive, chunky, space-saving, high impact, signage tone, retro flavor, friendly solidity, blocky, rounded, compressed, sturdy, poster-like.
A compact, heavy sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softly squared curves throughout. Strokes are thick and even, with tight apertures and small counters that create dense, high-impact word shapes. Corners tend to be gently blunted rather than sharply cut, while terminals often read as flat and stamped, giving the outlines a solid, carved feel. The overall rhythm is compact and vertical, with slightly irregular, hand-cut edge character that keeps the forms from feeling purely geometric.
Best suited to headlines and short bursts of copy where mass and compactness can work as a graphic device—posters, signage, branding marks, and packaging. It can also serve in bold UI labels or section headers when a dense, punchy voice is desired, but its dark color and tight counters make it less ideal for long-form reading at small sizes.
The tone is bold and confident with a casual, slightly rugged warmth. It evokes mid-century signage and screen-printed graphics—friendly and approachable, but still forceful and attention-grabbing. The rounded squareness adds a playful, toy-block energy without losing a utilitarian backbone.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact in a condensed footprint, combining geometric, rounded-rect forms with a subtly imperfect, stamped finish. It aims for strong legibility at display sizes while projecting a retro-industrial personality.
In text lines the texture is dark and continuous, so spacing and letterfit feel intentionally tight for display impact. Round letters like O/Q read more squared-off than circular, and joins/shoulders in letters like n/m have a compact, compressed feel that reinforces the poster-like density.