Outline Umzi 2 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, ornate, whimsical, gothic, decorative caps, fantasy tone, historic flavor, title emphasis, decorative, calligraphic, flourished, medieval.
A decorative display face that mixes a traditional serif lowercase with highly embellished, contour-driven capitals. The uppercase forms are drawn with looping, ribbon-like outlines and internal counters that feel carved or hollowed, creating a lively silhouette with many cusps, hooks, and curled terminals. Stroke modulation reads as calligraphic, with narrow joins and occasional tapered ends; the overall rhythm is irregular by design, emphasizing gesture and ornament over uniformity. The lowercase and numerals are comparatively restrained: compact seriffed shapes with crisp bracketed serifs, a modest x-height, and clean vertical stress that keeps body text elements stable beside the ornate caps.
Best suited to display settings where the ornate capitals can function as visual anchors—headlines, titles, pull quotes, invitations, or chapter openers. It can also work for packaging or branding that aims for a historic or fantastical atmosphere, with the calmer lowercase supporting short phrases and supporting copy.
The font projects a storybook, old-world tone—part medieval manuscript, part playful fantasy. Its elaborate initials add ceremony and theatrical flair, while the plainer lowercase supplies a grounded, readable counterpoint.
Designed to deliver dramatic, embellished capitals that feel hand-drawn and carved, paired with a more classical serif lowercase to preserve readability. The overall intent appears to be creating a decorative, narrative-forward type voice for titles and themed materials.
The contrast between the extravagant A–Z and the more conventional a–z/figures is a defining feature, suggesting intentional use of capitals as decorative initials or emphasis. The outlined construction of the caps produces strong negative-space patterns that can become visually prominent at larger sizes.