Sans Superellipse Ilho 4 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, racing titles, posters, headlines, logos, sporty, futuristic, energetic, industrial, confident, impact, speed, modernity, branding, display, oblique, compact counters, rounded corners, ink traps, squared curves.
A heavy, oblique sans with a rounded-rectangle (superelliptical) construction and crisp, flattened curves. Strokes are thick and largely monolinear, with softened outer corners and tight interior counters that often read as squared ovals. Terminals tend to be clean and blunt, and several joins show subtle notches/ink-trap-like cut-ins that help keep shapes open at display sizes. The overall rhythm is forward-leaning and blocky, with sturdy proportions, a tall lowercase presence, and numerals that match the same squared, athletic geometry.
Best suited for display applications where punch and motion matter: sports and esports identities, racing or automotive graphics, bold poster headlines, and compact logotypes. It can also work for short UI labels or packaging callouts when set with generous spacing and sufficient size to preserve counter clarity.
The font conveys speed and impact, pairing a streamlined, high-performance feel with a slightly mechanical, tech-forward edge. Its forward slant and dense blackness give it an assertive, competitive tone suited to attention-grabbing messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver a fast, muscular voice using superelliptical forms and an oblique stance—balancing rounded corners for modernity with blunt terminals and dense strokes for maximum impact. The small cut-ins at joins suggest an aim to maintain legibility while keeping the overall silhouette tight and powerful.
Uppercase forms maintain a consistent rounded-square skeleton, while diagonals (notably in letters like A, K, V, W, X, Y, Z) are simplified into strong, angular strokes that reinforce the dynamic slant. The sample text shows high visual uniformity and a strong word-shape, though the tight counters and heavy weight favor larger sizes over small text settings.