Sans Superellipse Rilif 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, mastheads, posters, branding, packaging, fashion, editorial, luxury, dramatic, refined, space-saving, editorial tone, modern elegance, dramatic contrast, premium branding, condensed, hairline, vertical, elegant, minimal.
A tall, tightly condensed display face with strong vertical emphasis and pronounced stroke contrast. Letters are built from narrow stems and smooth, rounded-rectangle curves, with thin hairline joins and crisp terminals that keep the silhouette clean. Counters are compact and vertically stretched, creating a rhythmic, columnar texture in text while maintaining open, legible shapes for a condensed style. Numerals follow the same high-contrast logic, pairing slender spines with rounded bowls and tight apertures.
Best suited for headlines, magazine-style layouts, and branded wordmarks where a tall, condensed look can carry the composition. It can work well on posters, packaging, and titling where elegance and economy of horizontal space are priorities. For longer passages, it’s likely most effective at larger sizes with generous tracking and comfortable leading.
The overall tone is sleek and sophisticated, evoking high-fashion mastheads and modern luxury branding. Its dramatic contrast and compressed width read as poised and confident, with a cool, editorial restraint rather than playful softness.
The design appears intended to deliver a contemporary, condensed display voice that feels premium and editorial, combining superelliptical round forms with extreme verticality and crisp high-contrast detailing.
In running text the narrow set and high contrast produce a strong vertical cadence, making spacing and line length feel especially influential on readability. The superelliptical curves give round letters a controlled, architectural smoothness rather than a geometric-circle feel.