Sans Superellipse Gunus 9 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logotypes, posters, packaging, ui display, futuristic, techy, playful, friendly, retro, impact, modernity, modular, approachability, branding, rounded, squared, blocky, soft, geometric.
A heavy, rounded-rectangle sans with soft corners and broadly squared curves that read as superelliptical forms. Strokes are monolinear and solid, with generous rounding at joins and terminals that keeps the color even. Counters are compact and often rectangular with softened corners, while apertures tend to be narrow, giving the face a sturdy, enclosed feel. The lowercase is simple and highly geometric, with a single-storey a and g, and proportions that emphasize width and stability.
Best suited to display roles where its chunky geometry can carry a strong visual identity—headlines, branding, product marks, posters, and packaging. It also fits tech-forward UI or interface-style titling, labels, and signage where a compact, robust silhouette is desirable. For longer text, it works most comfortably at larger sizes with breathing room in tracking and line spacing.
The overall tone feels futuristic and tech-adjacent, like interface lettering for hardware, sci‑fi panels, or arcade-era graphics. Despite the mass and density, the rounded construction keeps it approachable and slightly playful rather than aggressive. Its geometric regularity adds a clean, engineered character that reads as modern and synthetic.
The design appears intended to translate rounded-rectangular geometry into a cohesive, high-impact alphabet: uniform stroke weight, consistent corner rounding, and compact counters that produce a distinctive, industrial-yet-friendly voice. It prioritizes a strong silhouette and a repeatable modular feel over calligraphic nuance.
Distinctive numerals and capitals reinforce the squared-rounded theme, with counters that resemble inset slots and a consistent corner radius across the set. In text, the dense interior spaces and narrow apertures create strong word-shapes and a bold, poster-like rhythm, while smaller sizes may benefit from ample spacing to preserve clarity.