Sans Superellipse Uhki 9 is a very bold, wide, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: gaming ui, posters, headlines, logos, packaging, techno, arcade, industrial, futuristic, rugged, impact, tech flavor, modular system, display clarity, brand presence, rounded corners, square forms, octagonal joins, ink traps, stencil-like.
A heavy, blocky sans built from rounded-rectangle geometry with softened corners and mostly uniform stroke thickness. Counters and apertures are tight and often rectangular, with frequent notches and angled cut-ins that create a mechanical, segmented construction. Curves are minimized in favor of squared bowls and chamfered diagonals, giving letters like O, C, and G a superelliptical, boxy feel. The lowercase follows the same modular logic, with compact bowls and simplified terminals; dots on i and j are circular, adding a small contrasting detail to the otherwise rectilinear system. Numerals echo the same clipped, inset shapes, especially the segmented 2–3–5–6–8–9 forms.
Best suited for display applications where strong silhouette and a tech-coded personality are desirable—game titles, esports/gaming UI, sci‑fi or industrial posters, product marks, and bold packaging callouts. It can also work for short interface labels and signage when set with generous tracking and sufficient size to preserve the internal notches and counters.
The overall tone reads distinctly digital and engineered—more console UI and arcade cabinet than editorial typography. Its notched corners and tight counters suggest durability and hardware-minded precision, while the rounded outer corners keep it approachable rather than severe. The result is a bold, high-impact voice with a retro‑futurist edge.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum impact through a modular, rounded-rectangular framework, using notches and chamfers to create a distinctive, machine-made rhythm. The consistent construction suggests an intention to feel like a designed system—suited to branding and on-screen environments that want a futuristic or arcade-inflected voice.
The design relies on consistent corner radii and repeated cut-out motifs that act like built-in ink traps or stencil breaks, helping large, solid forms avoid looking like pure blobs. At smaller sizes the narrow apertures may close up, but at display sizes the interior shaping becomes a defining texture.