Sans Superellipse Simab 5 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, branding, packaging, industrial, condensed, authoritative, retro, poster-ready, high impact, space-saving, signage clarity, retro modernity, geometric consistency, rectilinear, rounded-corner, monolinear, compact, high-impact.
A tall, tightly set sans with a distinctly rectilinear construction softened by rounded corners. Strokes are heavy and largely uniform, with squared terminals and compact apertures that keep counters narrow and vertical. Curves resolve into rounded-rectangle bowls and arches, giving forms like O, C, and G a superellipse feel, while horizontals are short and economical. The overall rhythm is upright and tightly spaced, with sturdy verticals and minimal flourish that emphasize a stacked, architectural silhouette.
Best suited to display sizes where its compact width and heavy strokes can deliver high impact: headlines, posters, wayfinding/signage, bold brand marks, and packaging. It can work for short bursts of text, but the tight apertures and dense texture are most effective in titles, labels, and strong typographic blocks rather than long-form reading.
The font conveys a bold, no-nonsense tone—confident, industrial, and slightly retro. Its condensed proportions and blunt endings read as assertive and utilitarian, with a display-like presence that feels at home in headlines and signage.
The design appears intended to maximize visual punch and space efficiency through condensed, vertical proportions and a rounded-rectangular geometry. By combining blunt, industrial terminals with softened corners, it aims for a strong, modernized retro voice that remains clean and highly legible at display scale.
Round letters stay boxy rather than circular, creating a consistent family of rounded-rectangle shapes across uppercase, lowercase, and figures. The numerals follow the same tall, compact logic, maintaining a strong vertical emphasis and cohesive texture in continuous text.