Sans Superellipse Tirup 9 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font visually similar to 'ATF Alternate Gothic' by ATF Collection, 'Alternate Gothic Pro EF' by Elsner+Flake, 'CF Blast Gothic' by Fonts.GR, 'Bellfort' by GRIN3 (Nowak), 'Alternate Gothic' by Linotype, and 'Alternate Gothic Pro' by SoftMaker (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, labels, merchandise, industrial, vintage, rugged, assertive, utilitarian, distressed display, industrial flavor, retro print, high impact, compact headlines, condensed, blocky, rectilinear, rounded corners, inked texture.
A condensed, heavy sans with tall proportions and compact counters. Letterforms are built from rounded-rectangle geometry with mostly straight-sided strokes and softened corners, giving curves a squarish, superelliptical feel (notably in O/C/G and the bowls). The strokes are thick and fairly even, with occasional pinching at joins and tight internal spaces that emphasize a dense texture. A distressed, inked/eroded edge treatment adds irregularity along stems and terminals, producing a printed, worn look rather than a clean digital outline.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, album/event headlines, packaging fronts, product labels, and merchandise graphics where the distressed texture can work as a stylistic feature. It can also serve for signage-style treatments and editorial display callouts, especially when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The overall tone is bold and no-nonsense, with a weathered, workwear character. Its condensed heft reads like stamped or screen-printed lettering, evoking industrial labels, crates, and poster headlines. The roughened texture introduces grit and energy while keeping the underlying shapes straightforward and legible at display sizes.
The design appears intended to merge a condensed, rounded-rectangle sans structure with a deliberately worn print texture. The goal is a strong display voice that feels tough and tactile—like ink laid down on rough stock—while retaining simple, modular letter construction for clear word shapes.
Round characters keep vertical stress and squared-off curvature, and many terminals finish flat with subtly rounded corners. The narrow fit and tight apertures create strong horizontal rhythm in words, while the distressed edges contribute visual noise that will become more pronounced at smaller sizes or on low-resolution output.