Outline Egli 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, stickers, playful, retro, hand-drawn, whimsical, friendly, display impact, playful branding, retro flavor, lightweight color-fill, monoline, outline, rounded, quirky, cartoonish.
A condensed outline face built from a single, continuous contour with open counters and no fill. Strokes keep a mostly even outline thickness, while the interior whitespace creates a crisp, high-contrast impression against the background. The letterforms lean on rounded terminals and softly squared curves, with subtle irregularities that read as hand-drawn rather than geometric. Narrow proportions and compact apertures produce a tight rhythm, while the numerals and capitals maintain consistent height and a clean baseline alignment.
Best suited to display applications such as headlines, posters, labels, and packaging where the outlined silhouette can read clearly and add personality. It can also work for logos or short taglines, especially when paired with a simple solid text face for supporting copy. For longer passages, using larger sizes and added spacing will help maintain clarity.
The overall tone is cheerful and slightly nostalgic, evoking sign-painting, comic titling, and mid-century display lettering. Its bouncy outlines and charming asymmetries feel informal and approachable, more fun than formal. The hollow construction adds a light, airy character that keeps dense text from feeling heavy.
The design appears intended as a characterful condensed outline display font that delivers a lively, hand-rendered feel while remaining consistent enough for branding and titling. The hollow construction seems meant to add visual lightness and a distinctive silhouette for attention-grabbing use.
In the sample text, the outline-only construction stays legible at larger sizes, but the condensed shapes and small interior spaces suggest it will benefit from generous tracking and comfortable line spacing. The ampersand and curved forms carry the same rounded, playful logic as the rest of the set, helping it feel cohesive across mixed-case settings and numerals.