Sans Superellipse Novu 4 is a very bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, logos and wordmarks, friendly, playful, retro, chunky, approachable, high impact, approachability, retro display, brand presence, rounded, soft corners, stout, compact, bubbly.
A heavy, rounded sans with superellipse-like curves and softly squared corners throughout. Strokes are thick and uniform, with large counters and generous interior apertures that keep forms readable despite the mass. The overall silhouette feels wide and squat, with stable verticals, broad bowls, and simplified joins; terminals tend to be blunt and rounded rather than sharply cut. Lowercase forms are compact with a sturdy, almost “pillow” geometry, and the numerals follow the same robust, rounded-rectangle construction.
Best suited to display settings where strong presence is needed—headlines, posters, signage, packaging, and bold brand wordmarks. It can work for short blocks of copy or captions when ample size and spacing are available, but its heavy color is most effective when used sparingly for emphasis.
The tone is warm and upbeat, projecting a friendly, toy-like confidence with a subtle retro/industrial poster feel. Its soft corners and chunky rhythm make it feel informal and inviting rather than technical or delicate.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a soft, approachable personality, combining chunky proportions with rounded-rectangle geometry for a modern-retro display voice.
In text, the dense color and broad lettershapes create strong emphasis and a highly graphic line texture. Round letters (o, e, c) lean toward rounded-rectangular shapes, and the overall spacing feels built for impact at larger sizes.