Outline Ello 6 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, stickers, playful, retro, cartoony, friendly, bubbly, attention, whimsy, nostalgia, approachability, impact, rounded, chunky, soft, bouncy, outlined.
A rounded display face built from chunky, softly swelling letterforms drawn as an outer contour with an open interior. Strokes feel brushy and slightly irregular, with gentle wobble in the curves and terminals that read as hand-shaped rather than mechanically perfect. The proportions are expansive with generous counters and a high, open lowercase structure, while curves dominate over sharp joins; diagonals and bowls are simplified into smooth, pillowy shapes. The outline creates a consistent halo around each glyph, giving the characters a bold silhouette while keeping the centers visually light.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, product packaging, event graphics, and playful branding. It also works well for children’s materials, crafts, and sticker-style typography where the outlined, buoyant shapes can be filled, colored, or layered for effect.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, with a nostalgic, cartoon-era charm. Its inflated contours and lively irregularity suggest fun, whimsy, and casual confidence rather than formality or restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, friendly display voice through inflated proportions and a hollow outline structure, prioritizing characterful silhouettes and a hand-made feel for attention-grabbing typography.
At text sizes the outlined construction produces a strong silhouette but the interior openness and small contour details can soften legibility in dense paragraphs. The numerals and capitals share the same rounded, buoyant rhythm, supporting cohesive headline systems and punchy callouts.