Sans Superellipse Hirot 5 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'ArchiType' by Archiness, 'Ft Thyson' by Fateh.Lab, 'Leftfield' by Fenotype, 'Hockeynight Sans' by XTOPH, 'Manifest' by Yasin Yalcin, and 'Winner Sans' by sportsfonts (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, sports, packaging, industrial, techno, utilitarian, retro-futurist, authoritative, impact, clarity, technical, compactness, squared, rounded corners, condensed, boxy, stencil-like counters.
A compact, blocky sans with squared–superelliptical construction and consistently rounded corners. Strokes are heavy and largely uniform, with a tight, condensed footprint and sturdy vertical emphasis. Counters and apertures are often rectangular and inset, producing a slightly stencil-like feel in letters such as B, D, O, P, and 8. Diagonals (A, K, V, W, X, Y) are clean and mechanical, while terminals tend to end in flat cuts or short step-like notches. The overall rhythm is dense and geometric, favoring straight segments and rounded-rectangle bowls over circular forms.
Works best for short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, labels, and wayfinding where strong silhouettes matter. It also suits sports or industrial branding, product packaging, and UI titles that want a technical or engineered feel. In longer passages the dense, blocky texture may feel heavy, but it performs well for callouts, menus, and section headers.
The tone reads engineered and no-nonsense, with a distinctly technical, signage-like personality. Its chunky geometry and squared curves suggest machinery, digital interfaces, and utilitarian labeling, while the softened corners keep it from feeling harsh. The result is confident and assertive, with a retro-futurist edge reminiscent of industrial display lettering.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, highly legible display voice built from rounded-rectangle geometry. By pairing heavy, uniform strokes with squared counters and softened corners, it aims for an industrial/tech aesthetic that remains approachable and readable at a glance.
Distinctive rectangular counters and compact spacing create strong patterning in words, especially in all caps. Numerals share the same squared logic; 0 and 8 are notably boxy with inset openings, and 1 is a simple vertical stroke that matches the font’s blunt, functional style. Lowercase forms maintain the geometric system, with single-storey a and g and a squared, open-shouldered r that supports clarity at display sizes.