Outline Liza 5 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, posters, headlines, logos, packaging, retro, arcade, techno, industrial, glitchy, retro display, arcade styling, tech aesthetic, glitch texture, signage impact, pixelated, blocky, angular, octagonal, outlined.
An angular, block-constructed outline design with squared corners and frequent chamfered cuts that give many terminals an octagonal silhouette. Strokes are drawn as a single contour with an inner counterline, producing a hollow, double-line look; small step-like insets and notches reinforce a pixel/bitmap influence even at larger sizes. Proportions are sturdy and mostly geometric, with simple bowls and rectangular counters, while the outline thickness stays fairly even as shapes expand and compress across different letters and numerals.
Best suited to display work where the outline construction and angular detailing can be appreciated: game titles and UI labels, retro-tech posters, event flyers, and bold logo wordmarks. It also fits packaging or stickers that aim for an arcade, cyber, or industrial tone; for readability, it will perform better at medium to large sizes than in dense body copy.
The face reads as retro-digital and game-inspired, with an arcade-display attitude and a slightly rugged, corrupted edge from the broken or chipped details on select glyphs. Its crisp geometry feels technical and mechanical, while the hollow construction adds a signage-like, futuristic flavor.
The design appears intended to evoke an 8-bit/arcade aesthetic through blocky geometry and pixel-like chiseled corners, while using an outline build to keep forms open and graphic. The occasional distressed breaks suggest a purposeful “glitch” layer meant to add energy and texture without abandoning the underlying grid-based structure.
Several characters show deliberate interruptions and jagged incursions along the outline, creating a distressed or glitched accent that becomes more noticeable in all-caps settings. The design’s strong contour and interior void can appear lighter on the page than a solid block font, especially in longer text.