Sans Superellipse Pykay 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, signage, art deco, retro, minimal, urban, playful, space saving, geometric system, deco revival, display impact, condensed, rounded corners, tall, streamlined, modular.
A tall, condensed sans with monoline construction and rounded-rectangle (superellipse) geometry throughout. Curves are built from smooth, continuous arcs with softened corners, while straight strokes stay clean and even, creating a crisp, modular rhythm. Counters tend to be narrow and vertically oriented, and many capitals emphasize height over width, giving the alphabet a stacked, architectural silhouette. The lowercase follows the same simplified logic with compact bowls and short extenders, keeping texture tight and consistent in text.
Best suited to display settings where its tall, narrow proportions can create impact in limited horizontal space, such as headlines, posters, branding marks, and storefront or wayfinding signage. It can also work for short blurbs or captions when a compact, geometric voice is desired, though the tight texture will be strongest at larger sizes.
The overall tone feels distinctly retro-futurist with strong Art Deco echoes—sleek, geometric, and slightly playful. Its narrow, vertical stance reads confident and urban, balancing friendliness from the rounded corners with a precise, engineered look.
The font appears designed to deliver a streamlined, space-efficient display voice built from consistent rounded-rectangular forms. It prioritizes a cohesive geometric system and a distinctive vertical profile to evoke modernist and Deco-inspired styling in contemporary branding.
The design favors stylized geometry over traditional humanist detailing, with simplified joins and terminals that keep forms uniform. In running text the condensed proportions create a dense color, while the rounded rectangular curves prevent it from feeling sharp or mechanical.