Sans Superellipse Elni 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports, branding, packaging, sporty, retro, urgent, dynamic, technical, convey speed, save space, add impact, modernize retro, condensed, oblique, angular, squared, sheared.
A sharply oblique, condensed sans with tall proportions and a taut, vertical rhythm. Strokes appear mostly monolinear with modest contrast, while terminals are clean and squared-off. Curved letters (like C, O, S) are built from rounded-rectangle geometry, producing a slightly boxy, superelliptical feel rather than true circular bowls. The overall construction is narrow and upright in structure but strongly slanted, with compact counters and tight internal spacing that keeps texture dense and forward-leaning.
Best suited to headlines, logos, and short bursts of text where a fast, athletic tone is desirable—such as sports identity, event posters, product packaging, and promotional graphics. It can also work for UI labels or technical callouts when a compact, high-energy condensed style is needed, though its strong slant makes it most effective at larger sizes.
The strong slant and compressed proportions create a sense of speed and urgency, suggesting motion and performance. Its squared curves and crisp endings add a technical, engineered tone, leaning into a confident, no-nonsense voice with a subtle retro-sport flavor.
The design appears intended to deliver a streamlined, high-velocity aesthetic in a compact footprint. By combining a pronounced oblique stance with squared, superelliptical curves and crisp terminals, it aims for a contemporary sports/tech display voice that remains clean and legible in bold, attention-driven settings.
Capitals read like a display cut: tall, narrow, and emphatic, with particularly high-impact verticals. Numerals follow the same condensed, forward-leaning logic, making them visually consistent for headings and scoreboard-style settings. In longer lines, the intense slant and narrow widths produce a distinctive cadence that stands out more than a neutral text face.