Shadow Fine 13 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, headlines, posters, logotypes, stickers, arcade, techy, retro, playful, glitchy, retro digital, 3d depth, arcade styling, glitch texture, pixelated, outlined, angular, chamfered, extruded.
A geometric, modular display face built from squared forms with chamfered corners and a consistent, boxy skeleton. Strokes are drawn as hollow outlines with an offset, extruded-style duplicate that reads like a hard-edged drop shadow, creating a pseudo‑3D, stepped silhouette. Curves are largely squared off, terminals are blunt, and counters are generous, which keeps forms readable even with the layered outline construction. The rhythm is monolinear in feel but visually busy due to the stacked contour and occasional jagged, fractured segments that introduce a deliberate, digital roughness.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as game titles, arcade-inspired branding, tech event posters, album/stream thumbnails, and interface labels where a retro digital feel is desired. It can also work for logo marks and packaging accents when used at larger sizes with ample spacing.
The overall tone is strongly digital and game-adjacent, evoking arcade UI, retro computer graphics, and sci‑fi interface lettering. The shadowed outline and blocky geometry give it a bold, mechanical presence, while the intermittent “broken” details add an energetic, glitch-like attitude. It feels playful and tech-forward rather than formal.
The design appears intended to translate pixel/bitmap energy into a cleaner vector style by combining hollow outlines with a consistent offset shadow for depth. The added fractured details suggest an aim toward a slightly “corrupted” or glitch aesthetic while maintaining recognizable, sturdy letterforms.
The extruded shadow direction is consistent across glyphs, producing a coherent depth cue and a stamped, sticker-like finish. Because the design relies on interior negative space and layered outlines, it benefits from clean backgrounds and moderate-to-large sizes where the stepped contours and fractured details can resolve clearly.