Sans Superellipse Ikguk 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, playful, retro, punchy, friendly, poster-like, attention, approachability, logo use, display impact, chunky, rounded, bulky, soft-cornered, compact counters.
A heavy, soft-cornered sans with rounded-rectangle (superellipse) construction and broad, blocky silhouettes. Curves are tightly controlled and corners are consistently eased rather than sharp, giving letters a molded, cushiony feel. Counters are compact and often rounded-square, with sturdy joins and minimal stroke modulation. The overall rhythm is dense and stable, with large, confident shapes and straightforward, upright structure that favors impact over delicacy.
Best suited to large sizes where its chunky contours and compact counters stay clear and expressive—headlines, posters, product packaging, bold branding marks, and short, emphatic signage. It can also work for punchy UI labels or badges when ample spacing is available, but it is visually dense for long-form reading.
The font reads bold and upbeat, with a toy-like, late-20th-century display energy. Its rounded squareness and thick forms create a friendly, approachable tone while still feeling assertive and attention-grabbing. The overall impression is fun, pop-forward, and slightly cartoonish without becoming informal script.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a friendly, rounded geometry—combining strong, blocky presence with softened corners for approachability. The superellipse-based construction suggests a focus on consistent, industrially clean shapes that reproduce well in bold display contexts.
Certain glyphs show distinctive cut-ins and notches (notably around S/s and some diagonals), adding a bit of mechanical character and preventing the shapes from feeling overly generic. Numerals share the same compact, rounded-square counter logic, maintaining a consistent, logo-ready texture in all-caps and mixed-case settings.