Sans Superellipse Talos 3 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Agency FB' by Font Bureau and 'Gemsbuck Pro' by Studio Fat Cat (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, album art, industrial, grunge, poster, noir, typewriter, space saving, impact, vintage wear, industrial tone, print texture, condensed, distressed, stencil-like, blocky, ink-trap.
A condensed, all-caps–friendly sans with blocky, rounded-rectangle construction and tightly packed counters. Strokes are heavy and vertical, with squared terminals and minimal curvature, giving letters a rigid, sign-like skeleton. A deliberate distressed texture breaks up the fills and edges, creating uneven ink coverage and chipped corners that read like worn printing or rough stamping. Lowercase follows the same narrow, upright structure with simple forms and short extenders, maintaining a consistent, vertical rhythm across words.
Best suited for display applications where texture and punch matter: posters, headlines, logos/wordmarks, packaging labels, and album or event graphics. It can also work for short subheads or pull quotes, but the distressed detail and condensed spacing make it less ideal for long-form text at small sizes.
The overall tone is gritty and utilitarian, suggesting weathered signage, stamped packaging, or underground poster typography. Its compressed proportions and dark color create urgency and impact, while the distressed finish adds a raw, analog toughness.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum vertical punch in limited horizontal space, pairing a rigid, industrial geometry with a distressed print effect for an intentionally worn, tactile look.
Round letters (like O/C) are rendered as squared-off superellipse shapes, and many glyphs show small internal voids and edge nicks that become more apparent at display sizes. Numerals match the same narrow, block construction, supporting uniform, headline-style setting.