Sans Superellipse Lorem 9 is a regular weight, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: ui labels, signage, posters, headlines, packaging, techy, retro-futurist, utilitarian, schematic, industrial, compact economy, technical voice, modular consistency, display clarity, rounded-rect, squared, condensed, geometric, modular.
A condensed, monoline sans with a modular construction built from straight strokes and rounded-rectangle corners. Curves are minimized and typically resolve into squared bowls and superelliptical rounds, giving letters like O/C/D a boxy, soft-cornered silhouette. Stroke endings are mostly flat with consistent corner radii, producing a clean, engineered rhythm; counters tend to be rectangular and open forms stay fairly tight. The lowercase follows the same geometry, with compact joins and simple terminals, and the numerals mirror the squared, sign-like logic.
Well-suited to compact headings, interface labels, control-panel style typography, and wayfinding where space is limited and a technical voice is desirable. It also works for branding and packaging that leans into a clean industrial or retro-tech aesthetic, especially at display sizes where the rounded-rectangle geometry is most apparent.
The overall tone feels technical and system-oriented, combining a friendly roundedness with a rigid, grid-based discipline. It reads as slightly retro—evoking digital instrumentation and late-20th-century industrial graphics—while still feeling contemporary and minimal.
The design appears intended to translate a rounded-rectangle, grid-driven geometry into a readable condensed text and display face, prioritizing consistency of corner treatment and a crisp, engineered cadence. It aims for a functional, technological character with enough softness in the corners to remain approachable.
Distinctive angular details show up in a few glyphs (notably the diagonals and the more geometric bowls), reinforcing a constructed, stencil-adjacent impression without appearing actually broken or segmented. The narrow proportions and tight apertures create a dense texture in longer lines, while the consistent rounding keeps it from feeling harsh.