Sans Superellipse Jikav 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, kids media, playful, quirky, cartoonish, bold, casual, attention-grabbing, friendly tone, playful branding, display impact, chunky, bouncy, rounded, irregular, blocky.
A chunky, rounded sans with heavy, monoline strokes and soft, superellipse-like counters. Letterforms are broadly proportioned and slightly irregular, with subtly uneven curves and angled terminals that create a hand-cut, animated feel rather than strict geometric precision. Counters tend toward rounded-rectangle shapes (notably in O, D, and 0), and spacing appears intentionally loose and lively, giving words a buoyant rhythm in text.
Best suited for short-form display: posters, headlines, event promos, packaging, and bold brand moments where personality matters more than typographic neutrality. It also works well for kids’ media, playful retail, and game/UI titles where the chunky shapes stay clear at larger sizes.
The overall tone is energetic and humorous, with a friendly roughness that reads as comic, game-like, and kid-adjacent without becoming ornate. Its slightly wonky construction and big silhouettes convey informality and motion, making it feel expressive and attention-seeking.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, high-impact sans with a deliberately imperfect, cartoon-like construction. It prioritizes big shapes, rounded-rectangle structure, and an animated rhythm to create a distinctive display voice that remains readable while feeling informal and fun.
Distinctive features include squarish rounded bowls, compact apertures, and occasional asymmetry that prevents lines from looking overly mechanical. The numerals match the blocky, softened style, and the lowercase maintains the same sturdy presence, keeping color and rhythm consistent across mixed-case settings.