Outline Latu 9 is a regular weight, wide, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, headlines, posters, logos, packaging, arcade, pixelated, tech, playful, retro, retro computing, arcade style, digital display, high impact, square, blocky, modular, outlined, angular.
A block-constructed display face built from squared, modular forms with a consistent outline stroke. Glyphs are largely boxy with right-angle turns, stepped notches, and simplified counters, producing a pixel-grid feel without being strictly monospaced. The lowercase follows the same geometric logic as the uppercase, with a tall x-height and compact ascenders/descenders that keep text visually dense. Curves are minimized into chamferless corners and stair-steps, and the interior space reads as a hollow fill defined by the exterior contour.
Best suited for game titles, arcade-inspired branding, UI labels, and bold headlines where the outlined blocks can read cleanly. It also works well for posters, stickers, packaging accents, and short callouts that benefit from a retro-tech attitude.
The overall tone is unmistakably retro-digital, evoking arcade UI, 8‑bit/16‑bit game graphics, and early computer lettering. Its outlined construction adds a bold, poster-like presence while keeping a playful, gamey character that feels energetic and slightly futuristic.
The design appears intended to translate pixel-era, screen-native geometry into a scalable outline display font. By keeping strokes uniform and forms highly modular, it aims for immediate recognizability, strong silhouette impact, and an unmistakably game/tech visual signature.
At text sizes the strong rectangular silhouette and frequent internal cut-ins create a lively rhythm, but the squared apertures and similar shapes between letters can make long passages feel busy. The outline style performs best when given enough size or contrast so the inner whitespace stays clear.