Sans Superellipse Tygy 13 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, book covers, retro, quirky, hand-drawn, lively, casual, add personality, create momentum, retro flavor, friendly display, condensed, monoline, rounded, tall, bouncy.
A tall, tightly set sans with a pronounced forward slant and a narrow overall footprint. Strokes read as largely monoline, with rounded terminals and softly squared curves that give counters a rounded-rectangle feel. The outlines have a subtly uneven, inked texture, producing a handcrafted rhythm while keeping letterforms structurally consistent. Curves are compact and upright in their construction, and many joins feel gently softened rather than sharply engineered, helping the font stay friendly despite its condensed proportions.
Best suited to display roles where its condensed, slanted forms can create vertical emphasis and energetic word shapes—posters, headlines, packaging, and brand marks. It can also work for short subheads, pull quotes, and titles where a lively, handcrafted feel is desired, especially at medium to large sizes.
The tone is playful and slightly retro, with a casual, handmade energy. Its narrow, slanted stance adds momentum and expressiveness, while the rounded shaping keeps it approachable rather than aggressive. Overall it suggests personality-driven display typography—confident, upbeat, and a bit whimsical.
The design appears intended to blend a condensed italic silhouette with friendly, rounded construction and a lightly inked texture. It prioritizes distinctive word shapes and a personable, handmade flavor while preserving the clarity of a simple sans structure for recognizable letterforms.
Capitals are tall and graphic, while the lowercase maintains a clear, readable skeleton with simple bowls and compact apertures. Numerals share the same narrow, upright proportions and rounded shaping, giving mixed text a cohesive color. The texture is consistent enough for short text but intentionally imperfect in a way that reads as drawn rather than strictly mechanical.