Outline Akho 5 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, esports, posters, headlines, logos, sporty, retro, arcade, energetic, techy, speed, impact, dimension, display, beveled, angular, outlined, shadowed, inset.
An angular, forward-slanted outline face built from chamfered corners and straight segments, with occasional tight curves that still read faceted. Strokes are expressed as a crisp outer contour with a consistent inset/inner contour, creating a hollow, cut-out look; many glyphs also show a solid, offset shadow that adds a dimensional, sign-painted effect. Proportions feel broad and display-oriented, with a tall lowercase that keeps counters compact and the overall rhythm punchy. Joins and terminals are sharp and geometric, and the digit set follows the same beveled, italicized construction for a unified, athletic texture.
Best suited to sports and esports identities, energetic posters, event titles, and attention-grabbing packaging or merch graphics. It also works well for tech or arcade-themed headlines and logo wordmarks where the outlined, dimensional construction can be a central visual motif.
The tone is fast, loud, and game-like, evoking varsity lettering, arcade cabinets, and 80s/90s tech branding. The built-in depth and hard angles give it a confident, competitive voice that reads like motion even when set in static text.
The design appears intended to deliver a dynamic, three-dimensional outline style that reads quickly and feels kinetic, using beveled geometry and an offset shadow to suggest speed and impact while maintaining a clean, graphic consistency across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
The inset counters and drop-shadow create strong figure/ground contrast, but the multiple contours mean it benefits from generous spacing and medium-to-large sizes to keep interior details from crowding. The slant and dimensional offset make it especially impactful in short bursts rather than dense paragraphs.