Outline Ofby 8 is a very light, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, sports branding, wayfinding, technical, retro, architectural, sporty, industrial, outline display, technical aesthetic, geometric construction, signage style, retro futurism, octagonal, chamfered, monoline, geometric, angular.
A geometric outline face built from monoline contours with frequent chamfered corners, giving many glyphs an octagonal, faceted silhouette. Strokes are rendered as a single exterior and interior contour, producing a hollow, wireframe look with consistent spacing between outlines. Letterforms favor straight segments and hard turns; curves are largely implied through angled facets, especially in C/G/O/Q and the numerals. Proportions feel roomy and open with generous internal counters, while widths vary by character, keeping a natural, non-mechanical rhythm.
Best suited to display settings where the outline construction can be appreciated—headlines, posters, packaging callouts, and logo or wordmark explorations. It can also work for sporty branding or wayfinding-style graphics, particularly when used at larger sizes or with ample spacing to keep the interior contours clear.
The overall tone is crisp and engineered, evoking technical drawing, signage, and late-20th-century display aesthetics. Its faceted geometry reads sporty and industrial, with a slightly sci‑fi flavor that feels bold in concept despite the delicate outline rendering.
The design appears intended to translate blocky, geometric letterforms into a lightweight outline system, emphasizing precision and corner detailing over smooth curves. The consistent chamfering and open counters suggest a deliberate focus on a technical, constructed aesthetic that remains legible in short-to-medium display text.
Diagonal joins in V/W/X/Y are clean and sharply resolved, and many terminals end in clipped angles rather than square cuts. The lowercase mixes geometric bowls (a, e, o) with more linear constructions (r, t), maintaining a consistent angular logic across cases and figures.