Sans Superellipse Etmem 12 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, packaging, promos, sporty, urgent, modern, confident, energetic, space saving, impact, motion, modern tone, headline focus, condensed, oblique, compact, dynamic, high-impact.
A tightly condensed oblique sans with heavy, compact letterforms and subtly rounded corners that keep the shapes smooth rather than sharp. Strokes feel mostly uniform with restrained modulation, and counters are narrow, giving the design a dense, vertical rhythm. Curves are built from rounded-rectangle geometry, while terminals are clean and blunt, producing crisp word shapes even at larger sizes. The figures and capitals maintain a strong forward lean and compact spacing, creating a cohesive, fast-moving texture across lines.
Well suited to high-impact display contexts such as posters, punchy headlines, promotional graphics, and sports-oriented branding where speed and emphasis are desirable. It can also work for packaging and labels that need a compact footprint with strong presence, especially when set with slightly generous tracking.
The overall tone is fast, assertive, and contemporary, with a track-and-field or headline-driven energy. Its slanted posture and compressed proportions push a sense of motion and urgency, while the rounded construction adds a controlled, engineered feel rather than a rough or expressive one.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum emphasis in minimal horizontal space, pairing a forward slant with rounded, engineered forms to convey motion and modernity. Its compact construction suggests it was drawn for attention-grabbing titles and branding moments where bold word shapes need to read quickly.
Because many interior spaces are tight, the face reads best when given enough size and breathing room; it naturally favors short bursts of text over long passages. The numerals match the same condensed, forward-leaning stance, supporting a consistent typographic color in mixed alphanumeric settings.