Sans Superellipse Igki 2 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, logos, playful, chunky, friendly, retro, punchy, display impact, brand presence, geometric softness, retro flavor, graphic clarity, rounded corners, soft geometry, bulky, compact counters, blunt terminals.
A heavy, blocky sans with superellipse-based construction: strokes swell into rounded-rectangle bowls and softened corners, producing dense, compact counters and a strong, poster-like silhouette. Curves are squarish rather than circular, with blunt terminals and minimal modulation, creating a consistent, engineered feel across rounds (C/O/G/Q) and straights (E/F/H/L). The lowercase keeps a large presence with short ascenders/descenders and broad, sturdy joins, while figures are similarly weighty and built from the same rounded-rect geometry for a cohesive texture in text.
Best suited to display settings where mass and shape can do the talking: headlines, posters, product packaging, brand marks, and bold social graphics. It works particularly well for short, high-contrast phrases and title treatments where the rounded-rectangle forms can read clearly and feel intentionally graphic.
The tone is bold and approachable—more fun and pop-forward than formal—evoking retro display lettering and contemporary packaging graphics. Its inflated, soft-cornered shapes read as friendly and confident, with an attention-grabbing density that feels energetic rather than delicate.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a friendly, geometric voice—combining squared structure with softened corners to create a distinctive, easily recognizable display texture. It prioritizes bold shape language and cohesion across letters and numerals for branding-forward typography.
The rhythm is tight and compact due to thick strokes and small apertures, which amplifies impact at larger sizes but can reduce internal clarity at small sizes. Distinctive square-rounded bowls and the overall “stamped” heft give it strong recognizability for headlines and short phrases.