Sans Superellipse Ikbih 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, industrial, retro, punchy, playful, sturdy, impact, bold branding, retro signage, friendly geometry, statement display, blocky, rounded, soft corners, compact counters, high impact.
A heavy, blocky sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softened corners throughout. Strokes are thick and fairly uniform, with compact internal counters that stay open via squared, vertical apertures. Curves are built from broad superellipse-like bowls, while joins and terminals tend to end in flat, slabby cuts, creating a confident, poster-ready silhouette. Lowercase forms are stout with a large x-height, and overall spacing feels tight and massed, emphasizing a solid, contiguous texture in text.
Best suited to display work where impact matters: headlines, posters, branding marks, packaging, and bold signage. It can also work for short subheads or callouts, but the dense texture and compact counters make it less ideal for long-form reading at smaller sizes.
The tone is bold and assertive with a friendly edge—part industrial signage, part retro display. Its chunky geometry and softened corners give it an approachable toughness that reads energetic and slightly playful rather than severe.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum visual weight with a rounded, geometric voice—prioritizing strong silhouettes and quick recognition. Its construction suggests an intent to evoke bold retro/industrial typography while keeping forms friendly through softened corners and rounded bowls.
The design leans on strong verticals and rounded bowls, producing a consistent, stamped look across caps, lowercase, and numerals. Narrow interior openings and heavy ink-traps-like notches in some letters contribute to a rugged, engineered character and help differentiate shapes at very large sizes.