Sans Superellipse Irba 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, sports, signage, industrial, athletic, techy, bold, retro, impact, ruggedness, retro tech, compactness, clarity, blocky, rounded, squared, sturdy, compact.
A heavy, squared sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softened corners throughout. Strokes are monolinear and dense, with generous horizontal mass and compact counters that often read as small, squared apertures. Curves resolve into superelliptical bowls (notably in O/0 and similar forms), while diagonals and joins stay blunt and mechanical, giving a consistent, machined silhouette. The lowercase is built with a tall x-height and short ascenders/descenders, reinforcing an efficient, compact texture in text.
Best suited for display settings such as headlines, posters, logotypes, and packaging where a strong, blocky presence is desirable. It can also work for short UI labels, badges, and signage that benefit from compact, high-impact letterforms and consistent rounded-square geometry.
The overall tone feels tough and utilitarian, with a sporty, industrial confidence. Its chunky geometry and rounded-square logic evoke retro technology, athletic branding, and bold signage where impact matters more than delicacy.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, modern-industrial voice by combining square proportions with rounded corners for approachability. The tall lowercase structure and compact interior spaces suggest optimization for dense, punchy word shapes in branding and display composition.
Round letters and digits lean toward rectangular proportions, creating a distinctive ‘soft-square’ rhythm across lines. The punctuation and interior cut-ins appear intentionally minimal, emphasizing solidity and maintaining legibility at display sizes despite tight counters.