Sans Superellipse Irma 5 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, game ui, industrial, techno, retro, assertive, playful, impact, industrial tone, tech styling, display focus, graphic texture, rounded corners, blocky, modular, squared bowls, compact counters.
A heavy, block-built sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softened corners throughout. Strokes are uniform and dense, with tight, squared counters and frequent vertical slit-like apertures that create a segmented, cut-out feel. Curves resolve as superelliptical bowls rather than true circles, giving O/C/G and similar forms a squarish, engineered silhouette. The lowercase echoes the uppercase’s mass and geometry, with a tall, sturdy presence and minimal differentiation between strokes, producing a highly graphic, poster-oriented texture in lines of text.
Best suited for display settings where impact and silhouette matter: headlines, posters, album or event graphics, product packaging, and logo/wordmark work. It can also fit game titles, arcade-inspired UI, and tech-themed branding where a modular, industrial voice is desired. Use generous size and spacing when clarity of the slit-like apertures is important.
The tone is bold and mechanical, evoking industrial labeling, arcade-era display type, and sci‑fi interface lettering. Its chunky shapes and carved internal openings add a rugged, utilitarian energy, while the rounded corners keep it approachable rather than harsh. Overall it reads as confident, attention-grabbing, and distinctly “designed” rather than neutral.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a modular, rounded-rect geometry, using deliberate internal notches and narrow apertures to create a distinctive, industrial texture. It prioritizes strong shapes and a consistent engineered look for branding and display typography.
The internal cut-ins and narrow apertures become a defining texture at smaller sizes, where counters can close up and the silhouette carries most of the identity. Numerals and capitals appear especially strong for badges and headings, and the overall rhythm favors short bursts of text over long reading.