Outline Egmi 9 is a light, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, logotypes, packaging, vintage, circus, playful, decorative, poster-ready, display impact, nostalgia, engraved look, ornamentation, sign-painting feel, inline, beveled, bracketed serifs, ball terminals, cartouche-like.
An all-outline display serif with an inline, engraved feel: each glyph is drawn with a single outer contour and a secondary inner line that creates a beveled/embossed impression. Letterforms are fairly broad with lively, slightly irregular curves and generous, rounded bowls. Serifs are bracketed and chunky in silhouette, while terminals often finish in soft balls or teardrop shapes. Contrast is expressed through the spacing between outline and inner detail, producing crisp highlights and shadow-like accents rather than filled strokes.
Best used at display sizes for posters, headlines, and signage where the outline-and-inline detailing can stay clear. It can also work for short logotype-style wordmarks or packaging labels that want a vintage engraved look, but it’s less suited to long passages or small UI text.
The overall tone evokes turn-of-the-century signage and showcard lettering—ornamental, theatrical, and a bit whimsical. The outlined construction reads like stamped or carved lettering, giving it a nostalgic, crafted character suited to attention-grabbing headlines.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, decorative outline serif with an engraved/embossed accent, prioritizing personality and period flavor over text neutrality. Its forms aim to mimic classic printed or painted display lettering while maintaining consistent, repeatable type rhythm.
The decorative inner detailing varies by letter, adding a hand-lettered rhythm (notably in curves and diagonals). In small sizes the inner linework may visually merge, while at larger sizes the dimensional effect becomes a defining feature.