Outline Lyly 5 is a regular weight, very wide, monoline, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: display, headlines, posters, logos, packaging, tech, futuristic, arcade, industrial, retro, modularity, impact, sci-fi, systematic, geometric, angular, rectilinear, outlined, hollow.
A rectilinear outline design built from uniform, squared strokes with open counters and no interior fill. Letterforms favor straight segments, crisp corners, and occasional chamfered joins, producing a circuit-like, modular rhythm. Proportions read broad and horizontally generous, with compact internal openings that stay consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals. The overall texture is airy due to the hollow construction, while the strict geometry keeps spacing and alignment feeling engineered and systematic.
Best suited to display typography where its outlined, geometric structure can be appreciated—headlines, posters, title cards, branding marks, and packaging accents. It also fits UI-style graphics, tech event materials, game or synthwave-inspired visuals, and short labels where a futuristic, constructed look is desired.
The tone is distinctly techno and game-adjacent, evoking retro-futurist interfaces, arcade titles, and sci‑fi labeling. Its outlined construction and hard-edged geometry give it an assertive, mechanical character that feels energetic and synthetic rather than warm or literary.
The design appears intended to translate a modular, grid-based aesthetic into a clean outline alphabet, prioritizing a consistent stroke system and sharp, engineered corners. Its wide stance and simplified, rectilinear forms aim for immediate visual impact and a recognizable techno identity in short, prominent text.
The lowercase largely mirrors the squared, constructed logic of the capitals, emphasizing uniformity over handwritten differentiation. Numerals follow the same boxy, segmented aesthetic, maintaining a cohesive voice suitable for alphanumeric-heavy settings. Because the strokes are outlines, clarity depends on scale and contrast; it reads most confidently when given enough size for the interior gaps to stay open.