Outline Tiku 1 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, book covers, vintage, theatrical, playful, whimsical, ornate, display impact, ornamental detail, vintage styling, signage feel, engraved look, inline, decorative, flared serifs, curvilinear, outlined.
A decorative outline serif with an inline, double-contour construction that turns each stroke into a hollow channel. Letterforms show moderate contrast with softly bracketed, flared serifs and a slightly calligraphic rhythm, especially in the curved joins and tapered terminals. Proportions read on the wider side, with generous counters and rounded bowls, while spacing feels open enough for display settings. Numerals and capitals maintain consistent outlining and inner lines, producing a uniform engraved look across the set.
Best suited to display typography such as posters, headlines, logotypes, and signage where the outlined construction can stay clearly resolved. It can also add a period or artisanal feel to packaging, invitations, and book-cover titling, especially when paired with simpler body text.
The overall tone is vintage and theatrical, evoking hand-lettered signage, circus or fairground posters, and engraved titling. Its airy outlines feel lighter and more playful than a solid serif, lending a whimsical, storybook character that still reads as traditional and serifed.
The design appears intended to translate classic serif forms into a showy outline style, emphasizing dimensional, engraved-like detail and decorative presence. By keeping recognizable serif skeletons while adding inline contouring, it aims to provide strong personality for attention-grabbing titles and branding.
The outline-and-inline detailing becomes the dominant texture in paragraphs, creating a patterned color that is more decorative than text-forward. At smaller sizes the inner lines may visually compete, while at larger sizes the layered contours deliver crisp, ornamental presence.