Sans Superellipse Pyley 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, editorial, condensed, retro, quirky, playful, space saving, geometric warmth, retro flavor, high impact, clean utility, rounded corners, soft terminals, compact, narrow caps, open counters.
This typeface is tightly condensed with consistently even stroke weight and a clean, upright stance. Curves are built from squarish, rounded-rectangle forms, giving bowls and rounds a soft-cornered geometry rather than true circles. Terminals are simple and gently rounded, with minimal modulation and little to no contrast, producing a crisp, graphic texture. The lowercase shows a tall x-height with compact ascenders and descenders, keeping lines dense and efficient, while uppercase forms stay narrow and vertically emphatic.
It suits narrow-column headlines, subheads, and poster typography where vertical emphasis and space efficiency matter. The compact texture and distinctive rounded-rectangle curves also work well for branding, packaging, and editorial pull quotes that want a retro-leaning, contemporary-clean voice.
The overall tone feels mid-century and slightly idiosyncratic—clean and functional, but with enough rounded-rect geometry to read as friendly and characterful. Its condensed rhythm and compact spacing add a punchy, poster-like urgency, while the softened corners keep it approachable rather than severe.
The design appears intended to combine space-saving condensation with a soft-cornered geometric construction, creating a strong, legible text color that still carries a distinctive personality. It aims for a modern sans foundation with a subtly vintage, poster-oriented flavor.
The font maintains a steady vertical cadence, and the squared-round construction is especially apparent in characters with bowls and curves, which read as superelliptical rather than circular. Numerals follow the same condensed, upright logic, matching the text color well in running copy and display lines.