Sans Superellipse Yohe 12 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, merchandise, industrial, athletic, retro, assertive, blocky, impact, ruggedness, signage, display, squared, chamfered, compressed counters, stencil-like, modular.
A heavy, squared sans with rounded-rectangle construction and prominent chamfered corners. Strokes are thick and largely uniform, with small, often rectangular counters and short apertures that create a compact, punchy texture. Curves resolve into superellipse-like bowls (notably in O/0 and C/G), while many joins and terminals are clipped into straight facets, giving a machined, modular rhythm. The numerals echo the same geometry, with angular cuts and tight interior spaces that keep silhouettes bold and stable.
Best suited to large-scale applications where bold silhouettes carry the message—headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, labels, and merchandise. It can work for short bursts of copy in display settings, but performs most confidently when used sparingly with generous tracking and ample size.
The overall tone is forceful and utilitarian, evoking sports lettering, industrial labeling, and rugged poster typography. Its blunt geometry and clipped corners read as no-nonsense and energetic, with a slightly retro, arcade-or-stadium feel.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a compact, engineered look—combining rounded-rectangle bowls with clipped, angular terminals to create a tough, modern display voice that stays readable through strong silhouettes.
At text sizes the tight counters and narrow apertures can visually fill in, especially in letters like a/e/s and in multi-stem forms such as m/n. The design relies on strong outer silhouettes more than internal detail, making spacing and line breaks important for maintaining clarity.