Sans Superellipse Mabif 5 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, app titles, retro, sporty, playful, dynamic, friendly, display impact, convey motion, retro flavor, friendly boldness, rounded, soft corners, compact, bouncy, chunky.
A heavy, rounded-rectangle sans with a pronounced forward slant and softly cut terminals. Strokes are thick and uniform with gentle shaping in joins, and counters tend toward squarish ovals that echo a superellipse construction. The overall rhythm is compact and energetic, with wide, cushioned curves on bowls and a consistent, slightly condensed feel in many letters despite a varied glyph-to-glyph fit. Numerals follow the same chunky, rounded logic, staying highly graphic and cohesive with the alphabet.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, sports and event branding, product packaging, and bold UI titles where its rounded mass and italic motion can read as intentional style. It can also work for logos and wordmarks that benefit from a friendly, retro-leaning, high-contrast silhouette against simple backgrounds.
The tone is upbeat and kinetic, evoking retro sports graphics, arcade-era display lettering, and bold packaging. Its soft geometry keeps it friendly rather than aggressive, while the slant adds motion and urgency suitable for attention-grabbing headlines.
The design appears intended as a display sans that blends soft superelliptical geometry with an energetic italic posture to create instant visual momentum. It prioritizes strong silhouettes, cohesive rounded forms, and a playful, retro-tinged presence for branding-forward typography.
Distinctive details like the rounded corners, inset counters, and gently notched or clipped terminals create a strong silhouette at large sizes. The italic angle is integral to the design rather than a simple slant, giving letters a lively, slightly “bouncy” stance and a consistent sense of speed.