Outline Vave 7 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, signage, packaging, western, circus, vintage, posterish, playful, display impact, retro styling, sign painting, decorative texture, brand character, slab serif, inline, layered, ornate, blocky.
A heavy slab-serif display face with prominent inline cutouts that create a hollowed, layered look inside the main strokes. The letterforms are broad and blocky with squared terminals, sturdy horizontal serifs, and generally monoline construction. Counters are often tightened by the interior striping, and several glyphs show decorative internal shapes that read like inlaid bands rather than traditional contrast. Overall spacing appears generous, and the design keeps a consistent, punchy silhouette across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited for large-size applications such as posters, headlines, event graphics, storefront-style signage, and bold brand marks where the inline detailing can be appreciated. It can also work for packaging and labels that want a vintage display flavor, especially when used in short phrases or punchy titles.
The inline detailing and bold slabs evoke old poster printing, fairground signage, and Western-era display typography. It feels showy and theatrical—designed to grab attention with a decorative, engraved character rather than quiet readability. The tone is nostalgic and slightly playful, with a strong billboard presence.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic slab-serif display lettering with an inline, hollowed interior treatment to increase visual interest and period character. Its primary goal is high impact and stylistic identity, prioritizing decorative texture and recognizable silhouettes for attention-grabbing typography.
The decorative interior cutouts become especially noticeable in round letters (O, Q, 8, 9) and in vertical stems, where the inner banding can create a strong stripe rhythm. In the paragraph sample, the texture is dense and high-impact, with the ornamentation adding visual noise that favors short setting over long continuous reading.