Outline Yili 2 is a very light, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, logotypes, packaging, arcade, glitchy, retro, technical, playful, retro tech, arcade styling, glitch texture, display impact, monoline, squared, chunky, stencil-like, pixelish.
A monoline outline face built from squared, orthogonal forms with rounded corners and consistent stroke spacing. The letter construction favors blocky, modular geometry, with open counters rendered as interior outlines rather than filled shapes. Many glyphs show intentional-looking edge nicks, stepped dents, and broken segments that create an irregular contour while keeping overall alignment and cap height steady. The rhythm is fairly compact and mechanical, with short horizontal terminals, broad shoulders, and simplified curves that read as chamfered or boxy rather than fully circular.
Best suited to display sizes where the outline and distressed contour details can be appreciated—headlines, posters, game or arcade-themed UI labels, and brand marks that want a techno-retro flavor. It can also work for short packaging callouts or section headers when ample spacing and strong color contrast are available.
The overall tone is retro-digital and game-like, mixing clean technical drafting with a lightly distressed, glitchy surface. It feels playful and slightly chaotic, as if a classic arcade display or circuit-board label has been weathered or corrupted. The outlined construction keeps it airy while the blocky shapes maintain a bold, gadgety presence.
The design appears intended to evoke a classic, block-built display aesthetic while adding a deliberate glitch/distress treatment to keep it energetic and characterful. Its modular geometry suggests a system-like construction, with the irregular edge breaks providing texture and a sense of motion or wear.
The most distinctive feature is the combination of strict rectangular skeletons with sporadic “damage” along the outlines—chips, cracks, and step artifacts that vary from glyph to glyph. The outline rendering emphasizes negative space, so the type relies on size and contrast with the background for clarity, especially where the contour breaks are most pronounced.