Inline Miho 5 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, signage, retro, industrial, playful, display, distinctive texture, signage impact, decorative branding, retro display, rounded, blocky, stencil-like, geometric, compact.
A heavy, block-built display face with broad proportions and rounded outer corners. Forms are constructed from straight verticals and squared bowls, then opened up by a consistent internal channel that reads as a carved inline cut running through the main strokes. Counters tend toward rectangular apertures and many joins resolve into arch-like bridges, giving letters a modular, engineered feel. Stroke endings are clean and blunt, with the inline creating a rhythmic pattern of white slots that stays visually consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short display settings where the carved interior detail can be appreciated, such as headlines, poster titles, branding marks, packaging callouts, and stylized signage. It can work for larger blocks of text only at generous sizes and spacing, where the internal channels remain clear.
The overall tone feels retro-futurist and arcade-adjacent, mixing industrial signage sturdiness with a quirky, puzzle-like inner detailing. Its strong silhouettes and repeating cutouts create a bold, slightly whimsical personality that reads as both mechanical and playful.
The design appears intended to combine a strong, high-impact silhouette with an integrated inline detail that adds distinctive texture without resorting to traditional serifs. It aims for immediate recognition and a cohesive decorative system across the character set.
The inline cutouts become a dominant texture in words, producing a striped interior rhythm that is especially noticeable in tight curves and enclosed shapes. The design emphasizes verticality and squared geometry, while the rounded corners prevent it from feeling harsh or purely technical.