Pixel Tulu 2 is a regular weight, very wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: game ui, pixel art, posters, headlines, logos, retro tech, arcade, industrial, playful, diy, retro display, ui styling, texturing, novelty, brand voice, blocky, outlined, stenciled, modular, grid-fit.
A modular bitmap design built on a coarse grid with squared, stepped contours and consistently straight, orthogonal construction. Glyphs are drawn as bold, hollow outlines with a repeating internal notch pattern that reads like perforations or ladder rungs, creating texture along stems, bowls, and bars. Corners are mostly squared with occasional stepped diagonals (notably in K, X, Y, and Z), and counters are large and open due to the outlined construction. Proportions are roomy and horizontally expansive, with uniform stroke behavior and highly consistent spacing that reinforces a terminally square, engineered rhythm.
Well suited to game interfaces, retro-tech branding, and pixel-art compositions where a decorative bitmap voice is desired. It works best for short headlines, titles, and logo-like wordmarks where the perforated outline texture can be appreciated, and can also support display-sized UI labels and menus in stylized applications.
The perforated outline texture gives the face a playful, gadget-like character—evoking early computer graphics, arcade UI, and DIY electronic displays. Its stamped, mechanical feel reads simultaneously retro and utilitarian, with a slightly whimsical “constructed from parts” tone.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic bitmap silhouette while adding a signature perforated/industrial texture, differentiating it from plain solid pixel fonts. The consistent grid-fit construction and uniform rhythm suggest it was made for crisp on-screen rendering and for conveying a distinctly retro-digital identity in display contexts.
The outlined approach makes interior whitespace a major component of the letterforms, so the design reads best when the surrounding pixel grid stays crisp. The notch pattern adds visual noise that can reduce clarity at very small sizes, but becomes a distinctive surface detail in larger settings.