Sans Superellipse Bydas 11 is a very light, very narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, ui labels, minimal, airy, refined, contemporary, technical, modern display, space-saving, geometric clarity, elegant minimalism, monoline, condensed, linear, geometric, superelliptic.
A monoline sans built on tall, condensed proportions with generous vertical reach and tight horizontal footprint. Strokes are uniformly thin with crisp terminals, and many curves resolve into rounded-rectangle/superellipse forms rather than true circles, giving bowls and counters a sleek, engineered feel. The overall rhythm is even and vertical, with open apertures and simplified joins that keep the letterforms clean at display sizes. Numerals follow the same slender, linear construction, and the set maintains consistent spacing and alignment across the grid and text samples.
Best suited to large-size applications where its thin strokes and narrow width can read clearly—such as editorial headlines, poster typography, wordmarks, packaging accents, and concise interface labels. It can also work for short subheads or captions when ample size and contrast against the background are available.
The font reads quiet, modern, and slightly futuristic—more architectural than expressive. Its extreme delicacy and narrow stance convey precision and restraint, producing an elegant, airy tone that feels curated and design-forward.
The design appears intended to deliver a condensed, contemporary sans with a superellipse-based geometry—prioritizing vertical elegance, minimal stroke modulation, and a clean, technical silhouette for modern display typography.
Curved characters like C, O, and G show softly squared curvature that reinforces the superelliptic theme, while straight-sided letters (E, F, H, I, L, T) stay rigid and spare. The lowercase keeps a tall, streamlined profile with simple ascenders/descenders, emphasizing a continuous vertical flow in running text.