Sans Superellipse Ormak 1 is a very bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font visually similar to 'Balinese Culture' by Graphicxell, 'Kuunari' and 'Kuunari Rounded' by Melvastype, 'Herokid' by W Type Foundry, and 'Heading Now' by Zetafonts (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, sports branding, condensed, industrial, assertive, no-nonsense, utilitarian, space saving, high impact, modern utility, headline focus, brand punch, blocky, compact, rectilinear, squared, smooth corners.
A compact, condensed sans with heavy, uniform strokes and a tightly packed rhythm. Letterforms lean toward squared, rounded-rectangle geometry: bowls and counters are more superelliptical than circular, with softened corners and straight-ish sides that emphasize verticality. Joins and terminals are blunt and clean, and spacing is economical, producing dense word shapes that hold together well in large settings. The lowercase follows the same sturdy construction with a tall x-height and short extenders, maintaining a consistent, compressed texture across lines.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and punchy display typography where a compact width and strong silhouette are assets. It can also work for signage, packaging, and branding systems that need a condensed, high-impact voice in limited horizontal space.
The overall tone is bold, direct, and workmanlike, with an industrial, poster-forward attitude. Its compact proportions and squared curves give it a pragmatic, engineered feel rather than a playful or delicate one.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact per line in tight layouts, combining condensed proportions with sturdy, squared-off curves for a modern, utilitarian display voice.
Round letters like O/C and curved strokes in S take on a squarish, flattened curvature that reinforces the font’s compactness. The design reads strongest when set with generous line spacing, where its dense vertical strokes don’t visually stack into a single dark band.