Outline Sipu 3 is a very light, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, apparel, packaging, collegiate, retro, playful, sporty, signage, collegiate feel, display impact, lightened silhouette, graphic layering, branding, slab serif, blocky, rounded, bracketed, outlined.
A slab-serif display design drawn as an outline, with sturdy, blocky letterforms and softly rounded corners. Strokes maintain a consistent, even contour thickness around each glyph, producing a clear hollow interior and an airy overall color. Serifs are squared and slightly bracketed, with broad terminals and gentle curves in bowls and shoulders that keep the texture friendly rather than rigid. Proportions lean expansive, and the lowercase shows simplified, sturdy shapes with single-storey forms (notably a and g) and a compact, readable rhythm.
Best suited for headlines and short display lines where the outlined shapes can be appreciated at larger sizes. It works well for sports-themed branding, team or club identities, apparel graphics, posters, and packaging where a collegiate, retro tone is desired. The airy outline can also be effective for signage or layered treatments when paired with fills, shadows, or color.
The style evokes classic varsity and athletic lettering with a lighthearted, retro flavor. Its outlined construction feels energetic and attention-seeking, reading as bold in silhouette while remaining visually open. Overall it suggests sporty branding, throwback packaging, and upbeat headline typography.
The font appears designed to capture the familiar structure of collegiate slab-serif lettering while using an outline-only build to create a lighter, more flexible display presence. The consistent contour and rounded geometry suggest an intention toward clarity in large-scale use and easy styling in graphic layouts.
The outline treatment is clean and uniform, making counters and interior spaces a prominent part of the design. Rounded joins and broad slab details keep the forms cohesive across caps, lowercase, and numerals, while the open construction emphasizes shape over mass—best suited to settings where the contours can remain crisp.