Sans Superellipse Silaw 6 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, branding, packaging, industrial, retro, assertive, utilitarian, poster-ready, impact, space-saving, modern-retro, condensed feel, rounded corners, rectilinear, compact, chunky.
A heavy, compact sans with strongly rectilinear construction and generously rounded corners, giving many letters a rounded-rectangle (superellipse-like) footprint. Strokes are mostly vertical and horizontal with crisp, flat terminals; curves are tightened into squared-off bowls and apertures. Proportions lean tall and narrow in many capitals, while several lowercase forms keep compact counters and a relatively low x-height, producing a dense, vertical rhythm. Figures are sturdy and blocky, matching the letterforms in weight and corner treatment for consistent color in display settings.
This font is well suited to headlines, posters, and signage where a compact, high-impact word shape is needed. It can also work for branding and packaging that benefit from an industrial or retro voice, especially in short phrases and logo-style lockups rather than long passages of text.
The overall tone is bold and workmanlike, with a retro-industrial flavor that feels at home in signage and strong branding. Its compact, squared curves read as confident and no-nonsense, projecting a mechanical, engineered personality rather than a soft or humanist one.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, space-efficient display sans with a distinctive rounded-rectilinear skeleton. By pairing stout weight with squared curves and flat terminals, it prioritizes punchy legibility and a mechanical, sign-paint-like presence at larger sizes.
Distinctive rounded-rectangle geometry shows up across bowls and joints, with minimal modulation and little calligraphic influence. The dense counters and condensed impression make it most impactful when given room to breathe in tracking and line spacing, especially in longer headlines.