Sans Superellipse Isse 13 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, sports branding, industrial, assertive, retro, sturdy, sporty, impact, signage, branding, retro utility, compactness, blocky, squared, rounded corners, compact counters, ink-trap notches.
A heavy, geometric sans built from squared-off, rounded-rectangle forms with prominently radiused corners. Strokes are consistently thick, with tight internal counters and a compact, high-impact silhouette. Many joins show small triangular notches or ink-trap-like cuts, giving edges a carved, mechanical bite and helping separate dense shapes at display sizes. Curves (O, C, G, S) are strongly squared, while diagonals (V, W, X, Y, Z) are broad and stable, producing an overall rigid rhythm with minimal softness despite the rounding.
Best suited for display typography where mass and silhouette do the work: headlines, posters, title cards, branding marks, and packaging fronts. It also fits wayfinding or label-style graphics when used at larger sizes where the tight counters and carved joins remain clear.
The tone is forceful and utilitarian, with a retro-industrial flavor that reads like signage, equipment labeling, or athletic branding. The squared curves and chiseled notches add a gritty, engineered feel, projecting confidence and toughness rather than elegance or friendliness.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a compact, engineered geometry—combining rounded-rectangle construction with strategic notches to keep heavy forms from clogging and to add distinctive character in bold display settings.
The numerals are similarly block-centric, with angular terminals and enclosed forms that favor bold presence over delicate differentiation. Lowercase maintains the same squared construction and tight apertures, so text set in longer lines becomes a dense, poster-like texture.