Sans Superellipse Elfa 3 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, sportswear, tech ui, futuristic, technical, sporty, sleek, dynamic, space saving, modernize, add speed, tech aesthetic, display impact, condensed, slanted, monolinear, square-rounded, angular.
This typeface is a condensed, forward-leaning sans with a squared-yet-rounded construction: bowls and counters read like softened rectangles rather than true circles. Strokes are generally uniform with subtle contrast created by the slant and angled terminals. Corners are consistently chamfered or radiused, and joins stay crisp, giving letters a taut, engineered rhythm. Curved letters like O/Q and numerals like 0/8 keep a superelliptical silhouette, while diagonals (A, K, V, W, X, Y) are steep and clean, reinforcing a streamlined, compressed texture in text.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where a compact, high-energy voice is desired: headlines, posters, packaging, and brand marks that need a modern, performance-oriented feel. It can also work for UI labels or dashboards when you want a techno/industrial accent, especially where horizontal space is limited.
The overall tone feels fast, modern, and utilitarian—suggesting speed, precision, and contemporary technology. Its narrow, oblique posture and squared curves evoke motorsport graphics, sci‑fi interfaces, and performance branding rather than neutral body text.
The design appears intended to deliver a streamlined, contemporary sans for space-efficient display typography, using superelliptical curves and angled terminals to project speed and technical precision.
Capitals are tall and compact with tight internal counters, producing a high-density look. The lowercase maintains a controlled, geometric feel, with single-storey forms where shown (notably the “a”) and a generally mechanical consistency across letters and figures.