Sans Superellipse Irni 3 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, sports branding, playful, retro, punchy, cartoonish, chunky, maximum impact, retro display, friendly strength, distinctive texture, soft corners, blocky, compact counters, ink traps, round-rect.
A heavy, soft-cornered sans built from rounded-rectangle geometry and broad strokes. Letters are wide and squat with tight, compact counters and frequent notched joins that read like ink-trap cut-ins, giving forms a carved, stencil-like rhythm. Curves are squarish rather than circular, terminals are blunt, and the overall texture is dense and high-impact with minimal interior whitespace.
Best suited to short, high-visibility settings such as posters, splashy headlines, product packaging, event graphics, and logo wordmarks where its dense texture and wide stance can dominate. It also fits bold branding systems that want a friendly, throwback display voice.
The tone is bold and playful with a strong retro display flavor. The exaggerated mass, rounded corners, and notched details add a friendly, comic energy while still feeling assertive and attention-grabbing.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through soft-edged, superelliptical block shapes, while the notched joins add character and preserve differentiation in heavy forms. Overall it reads as a statement display face optimized for bold messaging and distinctive branding.
The ink-trap-like notches show up prominently at joins and in shapes like S, a, e, and the numerals, helping maintain clarity at large sizes while contributing a distinctive, cut-out personality. The compact counters and thick crossbars make the face feel intentionally tight and poster-ready rather than suited to small text.