Sans Superellipse Rukil 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, art deco, retro, display, elegant, architectural, deco revival, streamlined modernism, space-saving display, geometric clarity, condensed, rounded corners, monoline, geometric, open counters.
A condensed, geometric sans with a superelliptical construction: bowls and counters read as rounded rectangles with softly squared curves. Strokes are largely monoline with gentle modulation at joins, and terminals are clean and squared-off rather than tapered. The uppercase is tall and narrow with generous internal space (notably in C, D, O, and Q), while the lowercase keeps a compact, upright rhythm with a single-storey a and g and narrow, vertical stems. Overall spacing feels measured and even, supporting a crisp columnar texture in text.
Best suited to display settings where its tall, condensed rhythm can create a strong vertical presence—headlines, posters, and signage in particular. It also works well for branding and packaging that want a streamlined, vintage-modern voice, and for short blocks of text when ample size and leading are available.
The letterforms evoke an Art Deco and early-modernist sensibility—sleek, streamlined, and slightly theatrical. The tall proportions and rounded-rectangle curves give it a refined, architectural tone that reads as both retro and contemporary.
The design appears intended to reinterpret geometric sans forms through a rounded-rectangle skeleton, combining compact width with open counters for clarity. It prioritizes a distinctive period flavor while maintaining clean, straightforward construction for modern layout needs.
Distinctive details include the high, rounded shoulders in m/n, a narrow, vertical emphasis across the set, and a Q with a minimal, integrated tail. Numerals follow the same condensed, superelliptical logic, with simple, legible shapes and a consistent vertical stance.