Outline Butu 3 is a light, normal width, high contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, sports branding, packaging, playful, retro, sporty, casual, energetic, attention-grabbing, motion, friendly tone, retro display, slanted, outlined, rounded, cartoonish, bouncy.
A slanted, outline-only display face with buoyant, rounded forms and a slightly irregular rhythm. The lettershapes lean forward with smooth curves and softly squared terminals, while the contours create a hollow interior that reads clearly at larger sizes. Stroke contrast is apparent in the drawn contour and counters, and the overall texture feels airy due to the open interior. Uppercase and lowercase share a cohesive, informal construction, and figures match the same outlined, forward-leaning stance.
Best suited for short display settings where the outline can breathe—headlines, posters, product packaging, event graphics, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for sporty or casual branding and social graphics, but the outline-only construction will be less effective at very small sizes or dense text blocks.
The tone is upbeat and approachable, with a lighthearted, retro-leaning feel. Its forward slant and open outlines suggest motion and informality, evoking sporty headlines, comic-style emphasis, and friendly promotional messaging.
The design appears intended as a lively italic outline display face that delivers a sense of motion and friendliness while staying simple and graphic. The hollow contour treatment emphasizes lightness and a bold silhouette without filling the strokes, making it well suited to attention-grabbing titles and branding.
The outline treatment favors clean, continuous contours over sharp corners, keeping the shapes smooth and legible despite the hollow construction. Spacing appears moderately open in running text, helping the interior white space remain distinct when set in words and lines.