Outline Defa 2 is a light, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, signage, packaging, retro, architectural, technical, clean, display impact, graphic lightness, signage clarity, geometric modernism, monoline outline, geometric, rounded corners, open counters, airy.
A single-line outline sans with uniform contour weight and generous internal whitespace. Letterforms are broadly proportioned with rounded corners and smooth curves, giving the outlines a soft, geometric feel rather than sharp industrial edges. Strokes are constructed from consistent outer contours with no fill, producing clear counters and a light, open texture in words. Shapes stay mostly simple and rational—circular bowls, straight stems, and clean diagonals—with a steady, even rhythm across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display applications where the outline can remain clear: headlines, posters, branding marks, packaging, and signage. It can also work for short UI labels or section headers when set large enough and with sufficient contrast against the background.
The overall tone feels crisp and modern with a distinctly retro-signage flavor, like neon-channel lettering or mid-century display titling. Its hollow construction reads as airy and engineered, balancing playfulness from the rounded geometry with a technical, schematic clarity.
The design appears intended to deliver a contemporary geometric sans silhouette while using an outline construction to create a lightweight, attention-grabbing display effect. It emphasizes clarity of contour and generous counters to stay legible as an outline, aiming for a clean graphic presence rather than dense text color.
The outline-only build makes interior spaces a primary design element, so the font’s personality comes through strongest at larger sizes. Curves and terminals appear consistently rounded, helping maintain cohesion across mixed-case settings and numerals.