Sans Superellipse Tuhy 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, editorial pull quotes, branding, handmade, quirky, casual, retro, friendly, humanist tone, space-saving, expressive texture, informal display, brushy, organic, compressed, upright-italic, textured.
A condensed, right-leaning sans with an informal, hand-rendered feel. Strokes show subtle width fluctuation and lightly roughened edges, creating a dry-brush texture without becoming messy. Curves are rounded and slightly squarish in places, while joins and terminals tend to be tapered or softly blunted rather than sharply cut. Proportions are compact with tight counters and a lively, uneven rhythm that still reads as a coherent design across upper- and lowercase and numerals.
Best suited to display use where its compressed proportions and textured strokes can add personality—headlines, poster copy, packaging, and brand accents. It can also work for short editorial snippets or pull quotes when a casual, human tone is desired, but the built-in texture and narrow fit may feel busy at very small sizes or in dense paragraphs.
The overall tone is personable and slightly mischievous, like quick marker lettering cleaned up for typesetting. It suggests an approachable, creative voice—energetic rather than formal—while the consistent slant adds momentum and a conversational cadence.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, natural handwritten italics while remaining structured enough for consistent composition. Its condensed width and energetic slant aim to deliver impact in limited space, pairing a friendly voice with a slightly vintage, brush-lettered texture.
Lowercase forms are relatively small against the capitals, and several glyphs show distinctive handwritten quirks (notably in the diagonals and looping descenders), which adds character but also makes the texture more pronounced in long passages. Numerals follow the same narrow, slightly irregular construction, keeping a unified color in mixed text.