Sans Superellipse Yoby 7 is a very bold, very wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, editorial display, industrial, poster, experimental, retro, maximum impact, distinctive texture, stencil aesthetic, geometric display, chunky, geometric, stencil-cut, compressed counters, high-impact.
A heavy, geometric sans built from rounded-rectangle and superellipse-like masses, with blunt terminals and tightly contained counters. Many glyphs feature narrow vertical or diagonal cut-ins that read like stencil slits or inlaid highlights, creating sharp internal contrast against the solid exterior shapes. Curves are broad and controlled, bowls are compact, and joins stay squared-off, producing a blocky rhythm with strong horizontal presence. In text, spacing appears snug and the dark color dominates, with internal cuts adding texture and preventing large forms from becoming visually flat.
Best suited for short to medium display settings where mass and texture are assets—posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging, and large-scale editorial callouts. It can also work for signage-style compositions and bold UI hero text, but the dense color and internal cuts suggest avoiding long body copy at small sizes.
The overall tone is assertive and graphic, leaning toward industrial signage and display typography. The slit-like cut details add an experimental, engineered feel, while the rounded geometry keeps it friendly enough to read as retro-futurist rather than purely brutalist. It projects confidence, urgency, and a designed-for-print punch.
This design appears intended to maximize impact through compact counters, rounded-rect geometry, and a repeating cut-out motif that adds distinctive character. The goal seems to be a contemporary display sans with a built-in ‘stenciled’ texture—recognizable at a glance and visually engaging even in all-caps blocks.
The internal cuts are not purely decorative; they create a consistent motif across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, and help differentiate similar silhouettes. Round letters (O/C/G/Q) read as superelliptical with flattened sides, while diagonals (N/V/W/X/Y/Z and 2/7) retain the same heavy stroke logic and occasional slashed apertures.