Outline Lyko 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, game ui, album covers, retro tech, arcade, industrial, schematic, playful, display impact, retro futurism, tech styling, neon outline, outlined, monoline, squared, angular, boxy.
A condensed, outline-only display face built from straight, squared strokes with right-angle corners and minimal curvature. The letterforms use a consistent double-line contour that reads like a hollow, monoline skeleton, with occasional stepped notches and inset corners that add a pixel-like rhythm. Counters are narrow and rectilinear, terminals are blunt, and verticals dominate, giving the design a tall, compact silhouette. Overall spacing and widths vary by glyph, but the geometry stays tightly controlled and grid-like.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing settings such as headlines, posters, logos, packaging callouts, and titles where the outline geometry can be appreciated. It also fits retro-tech and game-adjacent interfaces, motion graphics, and event branding that benefit from a wireframe or neon-sign feel. For body text, it will generally work better at larger sizes due to the open, contour-based construction.
The font evokes retro-digital and arcade-era lettering, with a mechanical, schematic flavor that feels simultaneously technical and playful. Its outlined construction suggests neon tubing or blueprint strokes, lending a lightweight, high-contrast-on-background presence without relying on filled mass. The angular detailing adds a quirky, game-UI personality that reads as intentionally stylized rather than neutral.
The design appears intended as a compact display outline with a distinctly geometric, digital-leaning voice. Its squared architecture and stepped details prioritize character and atmosphere over typographic neutrality, aiming for a recognizable, techy silhouette that remains light on the page because it is drawn as contours rather than filled strokes.
The outline treatment produces strong interior white space and can appear visually intricate in small sizes, especially where inner corners and notches cluster. In longer lines it creates a consistent striped texture, while the most decorative characters introduce a slightly glitchy, ornamented accent. The design is most impactful with ample tracking and clean, high-contrast backgrounds.