Outline Lanu 3 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, posters, logotypes, headlines, tech branding, arcade, retro, techno, glitchy, industrial, retro digital, display impact, systematic geometry, arcade styling, pixelated, angular, geometric, stencil-like, modular.
A modular, rectilinear display face built from squared contours and stepped corners, with the letterforms drawn as thick outlines rather than filled strokes. The shapes read as grid-derived and pixel-adjacent, producing small jogs and notches at curves and diagonals. Counters are largely open and boxy, and many joins feel mechanically segmented, giving the alphabet a constructed, schematic rhythm. Widths vary by glyph, but the overall proportions remain compact and vertically emphatic, with crisp terminals and consistent outline thickness throughout.
Best suited for large-scale applications where the outlined structure can be appreciated: game titles, retro-tech posters, streaming overlays, product marks, and short headlines. It can work for interface labels or section headers when set with generous size and spacing, but extended body text will look dense and visually active.
The font conveys an arcade-era, digital mood with a slightly glitchy, engineered edge. Its outlined construction and blocky geometry feel utilitarian and tech-forward, evoking HUD graphics, retro game titles, and synthetic signage rather than traditional print typography.
The design appears intended to translate a pixel/grid aesthetic into a clean outline display style, balancing legibility with a distinctive, mechanical silhouette. It emphasizes a constructed, modular identity that reads immediately as digital and retro-futuristic.
At text sizes the open interiors and frequent right-angle stepping create a busy texture, especially in dense lines and in glyphs with multiple internal breaks. The numerals and lowercase maintain the same modular logic, and punctuation appears similarly squared and tightly integrated, reinforcing a cohesive, system-like voice.