Inline Ilhy 1 is a light, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A tall, condensed display face built from squared, monoline outlines with a continuous inline cut running through each stroke. Corners are mostly right-angled with occasional chamfered turns, creating a crisp, architectural silhouette. The drawing favors straight stems and compact bowls, with simplified curves that read as rectilinear forms (notably in C, G, O, and S). Counters are narrow and the spacing is tight, giving lines of text a stacked, vertical rhythm that stays consistent across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Best suited to display settings where its inline outline can read cleanly: posters, headlines, album or event graphics, signage, and brand marks that want a retro-futurist or Deco cue. It performs especially well at larger sizes and in high-contrast applications where the inner line and outer contour remain distinct.
The inline outline treatment evokes marquee tubing, etched signage, and Deco-era lettering, lending a sleek, theatrical feel. Its compressed proportions and sharp geometry add a futuristic, instrument-panel tone, while the hollow construction keeps it airy and graphic rather than heavy.
The design appears intended to translate classic geometric display lettering into an outline-with-inline construction, emphasizing verticality and a precise, engineered rhythm. The consistent stroke logic and angular simplification suggest a focus on distinctive silhouette and period flavor over text-density readability.
Distinctive notches and stepped terminals appear throughout, reinforcing a constructed, stencil-like logic without fully breaking strokes. Numerals follow the same narrow, rectilinear system, with a particularly tall 1 and a segmented, angular 2 and 3 that match the cap rhythm.