Sans Superellipse Hakam 1 is a bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, packaging, wayfinding, techy, industrial, sporty, futuristic, utilitarian, geometric uniformity, display impact, technical tone, legibility cues, octagonal, rounded-corner, chamfered, stencil-like, modular.
A heavy, monoline sans built from rounded-rectangle geometry with consistent chamfered corners and clipped joins. Curves tend to resolve into superellipse-like bowls, while terminals are flat and squared, giving most glyphs an octagonal silhouette. Counters are relatively compact and the overall rhythm is tight and blocky, with sturdy vertical stems and minimal contrast. Diacritics and punctuation are simplified and boxy; the figures include a slashed zero and similarly angular, segmented shapes throughout.
Best suited to headlines, branding marks, posters, and packaging where its angular superellipse forms can read as a deliberate stylistic statement. It can also work for signage and UI labels when a robust, technical tone is desired, especially in short strings and interface headings.
The overall tone is modern and engineered, with a confident, machine-made feel. Its clipped corners and modular shapes suggest durability and efficiency, reading as both sporty and slightly sci‑fi. The voice is assertive and pragmatic rather than friendly or calligraphic.
The design appears intended to merge a geometric, rounded-rectangle foundation with consistent corner chamfers to produce a strong, contemporary display sans. The goal seems to be a compact, high-impact texture that remains clean and systematic while evoking industrial and futuristic cues.
Distinctive corner chamfers create strong personality at display sizes, but also introduce a subtle “cut-metal” texture across text. Round forms (like O/Q and bowls in lowercase) stay squared-off rather than fully circular, keeping the design cohesive and technical. The slashed zero improves differentiation from O in contexts where ambiguity matters.