Outline Tiha 8 is a light, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, invitations, book covers, whimsical, playful, vintage, quirky, decorative display, vintage flavor, add whimsy, light emphasis, hand-drawn, decorative, narrowish, bouncy, curly terminals.
A decorative outline serif with a hand-rendered feel, built from single-line outer contours that create hollow letterforms. Strokes are consistently thin and even, with slightly irregular curves and subtly uneven rhythm that reads as intentionally organic rather than geometric. Serifs are small and bracketed, and many glyphs show tapered joins and curling terminals, especially in the lowercase. Proportions are moderately narrow with lively width variation from character to character, and the numerals follow the same airy, outlined construction.
Best suited for display typography such as posters, headlines, packaging, invitations, and book or album covers where the outlined construction can read cleanly. It can add personality to short phrases, pull quotes, and signage, especially when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The font projects a whimsical, old-timey charm—like a playful display face from a vintage poster or storybook. Its hollow construction and curly details keep the tone light, decorative, and a bit eccentric, making text feel animated and personable.
The design appears intended to deliver a decorative outline serif with a handcrafted, vintage-leaning voice. The consistent contour-only drawing and playful terminal shapes suggest it was made to stand out in expressive branding and editorial display contexts rather than as a workhorse text font.
In text, the open interior and thin contour lines create a delicate color on the page, with a slightly jittery, handcrafted cadence across words. The outlined forms favor larger sizes where the contour detail stays clear, while smaller settings can look faint due to the minimal stroke mass.