Outline Buvu 9 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, posters, headlines, album art, tech branding, glitchy, arcade, digital, retro, sci-fi, glitch effect, retro computing, display impact, tech aesthetic, pixelated, monoline, angular, geometric, square terminals.
A square, geometric outline face built from rectilinear contours with sharp corners and a consistent, single-stroke outline. The letterforms sit on a rigid, pixel-grid logic, but many glyphs include intentional “broken” segments and offset chunks that create a jittery, stepped edge. Counters are generally open and boxy, with simplified construction and minimal curvature; diagonals are rare and handled as stair-steps. Proportions favor a tall x-height with compact ascenders/descenders, and spacing reads slightly irregular due to the deliberate contour disruptions and varying interior openings across glyphs.
Best suited to display use such as game UI labels, sci-fi or cyber-themed posters, event flyers, album artwork, and punchy headline treatments where the glitchy outline texture can read clearly. It can also work for logos or wordmarks that want a digital, hacked, or retro-computing feel, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone is distinctly digital and game-like, mixing arcade-era pixel geometry with a corrupted, glitch-art attitude. It feels energetic and slightly unstable, suggesting technology, interference, or hacked interfaces rather than clean futurism.
The design appears intended to fuse an outline, grid-based display skeleton with deliberate interference artifacts, creating a readable but intentionally disrupted digital voice. It prioritizes thematic texture and attitude over neutral text smoothness, aiming for a distinctive “corrupted arcade” aesthetic.
The outline-only construction keeps interiors airy at larger sizes, while the fragmented contour details become a key feature in display settings. Round letters and numerals are rendered as squared-off forms, reinforcing the blocky rhythm and giving the texture a consistent, screen-native look.