Sans Superellipse Ifny 5 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Croma Sans' by Hoftype, 'Bega' by Indian Type Foundry, 'MC Maxes' by Maulana Creative, 'Burlingame' by Monotype, and 'Byker' by The Northern Block (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, logos, playful, friendly, punchy, retro, cheerful, impact, approachability, simplicity, geometric consistency, display emphasis, blocky, rounded, compact, bulky, soft corners.
A heavy, rounded sans with compact counters and a broad, blocky footprint. Curves are built from rounded-rectangle geometry, producing soft corners and smooth, even stroke weight throughout. Terminals are blunt and clean, with minimal detailing; apertures tend to be small and closed up at display sizes, while round letters like O and Q read as squarish ovals with gently flattened sides. The overall rhythm is dense and stable, with sturdy verticals, simple joins, and wide, solid numerals.
Best suited to display use where bold silhouettes carry the message—headlines, posters, brand marks, packaging, and promotional graphics. It can work for short subheads or callouts, but the dense counters suggest avoiding long passages at small sizes.
The tone is bold and approachable, combining a toy-like softness with poster-level impact. Its rounded geometry gives it a friendly, slightly retro flavor that feels upbeat and attention-seeking rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual presence with a soft-edged, geometric personality. It prioritizes legible, iconic shapes and a consistent rounded-rectangle construction for a cohesive, contemporary display look.
The design favors mass and silhouette over interior openness: counters in letters like a, e, and s appear tight, and the lowercase shows a single-storey a with a compact bowl. Diacritics or punctuation are not shown in the samples, but the presented set maintains consistent corner rounding and uniform weight across caps, lowercase, and figures.