Outline Umke 3 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, editorial, vintage, sporty, playful, showcard, retro, display texture, retro styling, signage feel, compact headlines, inline, slanted, condensed, crisp, high-lean.
A slanted, condensed display face built from outlined letterforms with an internal inline cut that creates a hollowed, striped look. The construction follows an italic serif skeleton with sharp terminals, small wedge-like serifs, and smooth, open curves, while the outline-and-inline treatment adds graphic texture to otherwise simple strokes. Uppercase forms feel more decorative and engineered, whereas the lowercase is cleaner and more text-like, maintaining a steady x-height and a brisk rightward lean. Numerals mirror the same narrow proportions and airy interiors, keeping the overall color light and crisp.
Best suited to short display settings—posters, cover lines, brand marks, and packaging—where the hollow inline detail can be appreciated. It can also work for editorial headings or pull quotes that want a vintage, kinetic accent rather than continuous reading.
The striped, hollow outlines evoke classic sign painting, vintage sports lettering, and old poster titling. It reads energetic and a bit theatrical—more about visual flair than quiet neutrality—while still retaining a familiar serif-italic voice.
The design appears intended to combine a familiar italic serif structure with a bold, ornamental inline treatment that adds dimensionality and speed. Its goal is to deliver a distinctive, retro display texture while staying relatively compact in width for tight headline settings.
The inline cut varies with the direction of strokes, producing a lively rhythm and a sense of motion across words. At smaller sizes the interior striping may visually merge, but at headline sizes it becomes the defining texture and adds depth without increasing weight.