Sans Superellipse Rakav 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, ui labels, retro-futuristic, technical, streamlined, minimal, displayy, space-saving, clean, distinctive, systematic, modern, condensed, rounded corners, superelliptic, softened geometry, tall proportions.
Letters are built from uniform strokes and rounded-rectangle (superellipse-like) curves, producing softened corners and clean, continuous outlines. Proportions are condensed with tall ascenders/descenders and compact lowercase, creating a high vertical rhythm and strong columnar texture. Counters tend to be small and vertically oriented, and joins are smooth with minimal contrast or modulation, keeping the silhouette crisp and consistent.
Best suited to headlines, titling, posters, packaging, and branding where a narrow footprint and crisp geometry help build a strong visual identity. It also works well for UI labels, wayfinding-style graphics, and tech or lifestyle graphics when set at sizes large enough to preserve the tight counters. For longer passages, it will generally read more like a stylistic text face than a neutral workhorse.
This face feels streamlined and slightly retro-futuristic, with a technical, display-forward tone. The narrow stance and rounded geometry give it a controlled, engineered character that reads as modern and distinctive rather than neutral.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, highly recognizable voice using a strict monoline construction and rounded-rectilinear curves. Its condensed proportions prioritize fitting more characters per line while maintaining a consistent, engineered rhythm. The overall system favors clarity of silhouette and a distinctive, modern texture over traditional text comfort.
The uppercase set reads especially architectural, while the lowercase introduces more idiosyncratic shapes (notably in bowls and diagonals), giving the texture a slightly quirky, custom-drawn feel. Numerals share the same narrow, rounded-rectangular logic, helping mixed alphanumeric settings look cohesive.