Sans Superellipse Okreb 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, techno, industrial, retro, utilitarian, precise, space-saving, systematic, futuristic, high impact, technical, rounded corners, condensed, stencil-like, modular, geometric.
A condensed, monoline sans built from rounded-rectangle (superellipse) forms with consistently softened corners and squared-off terminals. The strokes stay fairly even throughout, with minimal modulation and a tight, vertical rhythm. Counters tend to be rectangular and compact, and many joins read as engineered rather than calligraphic, giving letters a modular, almost component-based construction. Uppercase shapes are tall and narrow, lowercase is similarly condensed with a high x-height feel, and figures follow the same rounded-rect geometry for strong set cohesion.
Best suited to display typography where its condensed footprint and modular shapes can read as intentional: headlines, posters, and branding systems with a technical or industrial angle. It can also work well for packaging, signage, and interface-style graphics where space is tight and a crisp, engineered texture is desirable.
The overall tone feels technical and industrial, with a distinctly retro-futurist flavor reminiscent of labeling systems, instrumentation, and sci‑fi interface typography. Its controlled geometry and narrow stance convey precision and efficiency more than warmth or expressiveness.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact sans with a consistent rounded-rect skeleton, balancing strict geometry with softened corners for legibility and visual friendliness. Its narrow proportions and modular construction suggest an emphasis on efficient setting and a distinctive, tech-leaning identity.
Roundings are systematic and uniform, which keeps the texture clean at display sizes while preserving a slightly mechanical, stencil-like impression in tighter apertures and squared counters. The punctuation and dots appear compact and sturdy, matching the font’s utilitarian voice.