Sans Superellipse Iski 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, sports branding, industrial, punchy, retro, sturdy, playful, impact, legibility, branding, attention, squared-round, blocky, compact, rounded corners, closed apertures.
A heavy, compact sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softly squared curves. Strokes are consistently thick with minimal modulation, and terminals are blunt, producing dense, dark word shapes. Counters are small and often rectangular, with relatively closed apertures (notably in letters like C, S, and e), and curves tend to resolve into straight segments rather than continuous circles. The lowercase features a tall x-height, short ascenders, and sturdy, simplified joins, while the numerals are similarly blocky with tight interior space.
Best suited for display typography where bold presence is the goal: headlines, posters, product packaging, and brand marks that need immediate impact. It also fits signage-style graphics, sports or team identity work, and punchy editorial callouts where dense, blocky forms help anchor the layout.
The overall tone is assertive and high-impact, with a slightly retro, poster-like confidence. Rounded corners and superelliptical curves keep it from feeling harsh, adding a friendly, game-like or toy-block personality while still reading as solid and utilitarian.
This design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a softened, geometric feel—combining sturdy rectangular structure with rounded corners for a confident but approachable display voice.
The font’s tight counters and closed shapes create strong texture and presence but can reduce clarity at small sizes or in long passages. It performs best when given breathing room through generous tracking and line spacing, especially in all-caps settings.