Sans Superellipse Irpe 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, sports branding, punchy, playful, confident, sporty, retro, impact, attention, branding, blocky, rounded, compact, sturdy, soft corners.
A heavy, block-forward sans with rounded-rectangle construction and softened corners throughout. Counters are small and often rectangular, with tight internal apertures that emphasize mass and solidity. Curves resolve into broad, superellipse-like bowls (notably in C, G, O, Q, and lowercase o), while joins and terminals stay blunt and squared-off rather than tapered. The lowercase is tall and compact with short ascenders and minimal modulation, and the overall spacing reads dense and assertive, producing a strong, poster-ready texture in paragraphs and headlines.
Best suited to large-scale settings where weight and presence are assets: headlines, posters, retail signage, and bold packaging panels. It also fits sporty or playful branding systems, logos, and social graphics where compact, high-contrast-in-space letterforms need to read quickly at a glance.
The tone is loud and self-assured, combining a friendly roundness with a hard-hitting, “big ink” presence. It feels energetic and game-day bold, with a slightly retro display flavor that suggests signage and impact graphics rather than quiet editorial reading.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a friendly, rounded-rectangle skeleton—prioritizing bold silhouettes, tight counters, and simplified geometry for immediate recognition in display typography.
Distinctive details include rectangular interior cutouts in letters like B and D, a robust, open G with a squared internal notch, and numerals that lean toward chunky, sign-like silhouettes. Diagonals (V, W, X, Y, Z) are thick and simplified, maintaining the same blunt, high-impact rhythm as the rounds.