Sans Superellipse Elpo 5 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, sleek, retro-futurist, technical, dynamic, stylish, create motion, look technical, feel modern, stand out, condensed, upright-leaning, crisp, geometric, modulated.
This typeface has a strongly right-leaning italic skeleton with condensed proportions and clean, serifless terminals. Strokes show pronounced modulation, with thick verticals and notably finer horizontals and joins, creating a crisp, high-contrast rhythm. Curves tend toward rounded-rectangle forms: counters are tall and narrow, bowls are smooth and taut, and many joins are engineered with controlled, almost mechanical geometry. Letterforms keep a consistent vertical emphasis, with compact lowercase and narrow apertures that reinforce a streamlined, elongated texture in lines of text.
Best suited for display settings where its condensed italic rhythm can create momentum—headlines, posters, brand wordmarks, packaging fronts, and editorial pull quotes. It can also work for signage or UI accent text when used at larger sizes, where the crisp modulation and narrow counters remain clear.
The overall tone feels sleek and engineered, blending modernist geometry with a distinctly retro display flavor. Its forward slant and sharp modulation add energy and speed, while the rounded-rectilinear curves keep it polished rather than aggressive. The result reads as stylish and technical, with a futuristic signage sensibility.
The design appears aimed at delivering a fast, streamlined voice: an italic sans with geometric, rounded-rectangular construction and deliberate contrast to add sophistication. It prioritizes a distinctive line texture and a sense of motion, suggesting use in identity and display contexts rather than neutral body copy.
Uppercase shapes are tall and disciplined, and several glyphs (notably in the round letters and the numerals) emphasize vertical oval counters. The lowercase shows compact proportions and a tight internal spacing feel, which can make text appear dense and purposeful. Numerals follow the same condensed, modulated logic, staying consistent with the italic flow.