Sans Superellipse Efgal 5 is a regular weight, narrow, monoline, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: sci-fi ui, tech branding, sports identity, headlines, posters, futuristic, technical, sporty, sleek, retro-futurist, motion feel, ui aesthetic, futurism, geometric styling, brand impact, oblique, rounded corners, boxy, geometric, angular curves.
A compact, forward-leaning sans with monoline strokes and a tight, efficient footprint. Letterforms are built from rounded-rectangle geometry: straight stems and bars are joined by softened, superelliptical corners, creating squared counters with smooth radii. Terminals are clean and often slightly tapered or cut on an angle, and curves tend to resolve into flattened arcs rather than fully circular bowls. The overall rhythm is brisk and mechanical, with consistent stroke treatment and a controlled, engineered feel across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where a futuristic, engineered voice is desired: tech and gaming identities, sci‑fi or UI-styled graphics, product marks, esports/sports branding, packaging accents, and punchy headlines. It can also work for signage or interface labels when a sleek, stylized look is prioritized over strict neutrality.
The tone reads modern and aerodynamic—equal parts sci‑fi interface and performance branding. Its oblique stance and rounded-square construction give it a motion-forward character that feels technical, streamlined, and slightly retro in a digital/arcade way.
The design appears intended to merge a utilitarian sans framework with superelliptical, rounded-square construction and an oblique, motion-centric stance—resulting in a geometric display face that feels optimized for contemporary tech and forward-looking themes.
Distinctive forms include boxy rounded bowls (notably in characters like C/D/O/Q), a sharp, stylized S, and numerals that echo the same rounded-rectangle skeleton for a cohesive, display-oriented set. The slant and compact proportions emphasize speed and directionality, especially in running text.