Sans Superellipse Ikrol 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, sports branding, packaging, blocky, retro, industrial, assertive, sporty, maximum impact, retro utility, graphic texture, distinctive joins, compact, rounded corners, stencil-like, ink-trap cuts, high impact.
A heavy, compact sans with rounded-rectangle (superelliptical) bowls and strongly squared outer silhouettes. Curves are tightened into soft corners rather than true circles, giving letters like O/C/G a sturdy, capsule-like feel. Many glyphs show small interior cut-ins and slits at joins and terminals—most noticeable in S, N, W, and several lowercase forms—creating a subtly segmented, stencil-like rhythm without fully breaking strokes. Counters are relatively small and apertures are narrow, with simple, geometric construction and a consistent, upright posture across cases and numerals.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, event posters, team or fitness branding, product packaging, and bold logo wordmarks. It can also work for large-size editorial callouts where a dense, graphic texture is desired, but the tight counters and notched details favor display sizes over long-form text.
The overall tone is loud, rugged, and poster-forward—more about presence than delicacy. The softened corners keep it friendly enough for pop and sports contexts, while the notched details add a utilitarian, engineered edge that reads as retro-industrial.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a geometric, rounded-rect backbone, then add distinctive cut-ins to prevent the shapes from becoming overly solid. The result is a utilitarian display sans that balances softness at the corners with an engineered, punchy silhouette.
Uppercase forms feel especially monolithic and sign-like, while the lowercase maintains the same blocky language with minimal modulation. Numerals follow the same rounded-rectangle logic and remain highly uniform, reinforcing a cohesive, display-oriented texture in running text.