Sans Superellipse Umme 5 is a very bold, wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, branding, packaging, futuristic, tech, industrial, game, sci-fi branding, interface impact, modular geometry, high contrast display, rounded corners, squared bowls, closed apertures, extended proportions, stencil-like joins.
A heavy, geometric sans built from rounded-rectangle forms with consistent stroke weight and generously radiused corners. Counters tend toward squarish superellipse shapes, producing a compact, engineered look, while horizontals and verticals stay crisp and uniform. Many letters use closed or near-closed apertures (notably in forms like S, e, and a), and several joins create small rectangular cut-ins that read slightly stencil-like. Overall spacing and proportions emphasize breadth and stability, with simplified, modular construction across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as headlines, logos/wordmarks, posters, packaging, and product naming where its bold, geometric character can read cleanly. It also fits UI titles, game graphics, and tech-themed collateral, especially when used with ample spacing and strong contrast. For long-form text, its dense forms and closed apertures may be less comfortable without careful sizing and tracking.
The font projects a futuristic, technical tone—clean, synthetic, and purpose-built. Its blocky curves and sealed shapes evoke sci‑fi interfaces, arcade/game UI, and industrial labeling rather than editorial or traditional branding. The result feels confident and machine-made, with a retro-future edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a robust, futuristic sans with a consistent rounded-rectangle vocabulary and strong silhouette recognition. By minimizing contrast and sharpening the geometry, it prioritizes visual punch and a cohesive techno aesthetic across cases and figures.
Uppercase and lowercase share a strongly unified geometry, with single-storey a and g and a compact, squared e that maintains the superelliptical motif. Numerals follow the same rounded-rect construction, keeping a consistent, UI-friendly rhythm. At smaller sizes, the tighter apertures and dense black shapes may benefit from increased tracking or generous line spacing to preserve clarity.