Outline Buro 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, sports branding, packaging, retro, sporty, energetic, bold, playful, dimensional display, vintage revival, motion emphasis, attention grabbing, oblique, slab-like, inline, shadowed, condensed.
An oblique, condensed display face built from outlined contours with an internal inline and a consistent offset shadow that creates a dimensional, sign-painter feel. Letterforms are tall and tightly proportioned with squared terminals, rounded corners, and high-contrast modulation that reads like a stylized brush-to-pen translation. Curves are compact and slightly squashed, counters are narrow, and the overall rhythm is fast and forward-leaning, with the shadow consistently falling to the lower-left across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short-form display settings such as headlines, poster titles, logotypes, and badge or jersey-style branding where the built-in depth can do visual work. It can also add a retro accent to packaging and promotional graphics, especially when paired with simpler supporting text.
The font projects a classic athletic and mid‑century showcard energy—confident, kinetic, and a bit theatrical. The outlined construction and drop-shadow cue vintage packaging, team lettering, and marquee-style emphasis, giving text a punchy, extroverted tone without relying on solid fills.
The design appears intended to deliver instant impact through outline-plus-inline construction and a built-in shadow, achieving depth and motion in a single layer of typography. Its condensed, forward-leaning stance and squared detailing suggest a focus on sporty, vintage-inspired branding and attention-grabbing titling.
The inline and shadow are integral to the design, so the face reads best at display sizes where the interior spacing stays open. Numerals follow the same condensed, angled construction and integrate cleanly with the caps, reinforcing a cohesive, poster-ready texture.