Sans Superellipse Ispa 9 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, stickers, playful, chunky, retro, friendly, comic, impact, playfulness, retro feel, friendly branding, rounded, soft corners, compact counters, bouncy, stubby.
A heavy, rounded sans built from softened rectangular shapes and superellipse-like curves. Strokes are broad and mostly uniform, with gently blunted terminals and squared-off curves that create a pillowy, blocky silhouette. Counters are small and squarish, apertures are tight, and joins stay smooth rather than sharp. The lowercase shows a tall x-height with simple, sturdy forms, while numerals and capitals keep a consistent, compact interior geometry and a strong, poster-like presence.
Best suited to attention-grabbing display work such as headlines, posters, and promotional graphics where its chunky shapes can read at a glance. It also fits playful branding moments—packaging, labels, stickers, and logo wordmarks—especially when paired with simpler supporting text.
The overall tone is bold, buoyant, and approachable, with a distinctly retro, cartoon-signage feel. Its rounded rectangles and tight counters give it a chunky, toy-like friendliness, making text feel energetic and informal rather than corporate or restrained.
The design appears intended as a high-impact display sans that trades fine detail for strong silhouette and warmth. By combining wide, rounded-rectangular forms with compact counters, it aims to deliver a playful, retro-forward voice that stays legible at large sizes and feels immediately characterful.
In dense settings the small counters and narrow openings can darken quickly, so it reads best with generous tracking and line spacing. The design maintains a consistent “soft block” rhythm across caps, lowercase, and figures, helping it hold together as a cohesive display voice.