Sans Superellipse Irfu 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, industrial, futuristic, assertive, playful, retro-tech, high impact, tech flavor, stencil detailing, geometric cohesion, blocky, rounded corners, stencil cuts, ink-trap slits, soft-geometry.
A heavy, block-built sans with rounded-rectangle construction and tightly controlled curves. Strokes are largely monolinear with squared terminals softened by generous corner radii, creating a compact, machined silhouette. Many glyphs feature small internal slits and notches—like stencil breaks or ink-trap cuts—especially in counters and along horizontals, which adds texture and keeps dense shapes from fully closing up. Counters tend to be rectangular and minimal, spacing feels tight and poster-like, and the overall rhythm is chunky and uniform with occasional wedge-like joins in diagonals.
Best suited to display roles such as headlines, posters, packaging, and bold brand marks where its mass and distinctive cut details can read clearly. It also works well for sci-fi or industrial-themed graphics, event titles, and signage-style applications where a sturdy, engineered feel is desired.
The tone reads forceful and high-impact, with a retro-futurist, industrial flavor. The rounded geometry keeps it from feeling harsh, while the slit details introduce a game/tech UI attitude and a hint of playful sci-fi styling.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through compact, rounded-rect geometry, while using small stencil/ink-trap cuts to add recognizability and improve separation in dense forms. It aims for a contemporary tech-meets-retro voice that stays cohesive across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
At smaller sizes the slit details and tiny counters may visually merge, so the design’s character is most apparent when given room. The numerals and capitals carry a strong signage presence, and the lowercase maintains the same squared, compact logic for a consistent voice across text.