Outline Egsu 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, western, circus, vintage, playful, showcard, attention grab, retro branding, sign painting, decorative emphasis, slab serif, bracketed, inline, shadowed, chunky.
A chunky slab-serif design with rounded corners, bracketed terminals, and an inset inner contour that creates an inline/outlined look. Strokes are heavy and sculpted, with small teardrop-like joins and softened transitions that give the letters a carved, sign-painted feel. Counters are generous and the overall construction is compact and sturdy, producing a strong silhouette and clear word shapes in display sizes. Numerals follow the same ornamental, inset-contour treatment and maintain a consistent, poster-ready rhythm across the set.
Best suited for display applications where the inline outline can be appreciated—posters, event titles, branding marks, packaging fronts, and storefront or wayfinding-style signage. It can work well for short phrases and punchy headlines, especially in high-contrast color pairings that emphasize the inset contour.
The font reads as nostalgic and theatrical, evoking old poster typography and frontier or circus signage. Its decorative inner contour adds a lively, attention-grabbing sparkle while the slab-serif backbone keeps it grounded and legible. Overall it feels friendly, bold in personality, and intentionally showy.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic showcard and Western slab-serif lettering with an added inline contour for extra flair and dimensionality. It prioritizes strong silhouettes and decorative presence over text-face neutrality, aiming to deliver an instantly recognizable, vintage-inflected voice.
The inset contour behaves consistently across uppercase, lowercase, and figures, giving the impression of depth or an engraved inline. Rounded outer corners and thickened terminals reduce sharpness, contributing to a warm, approachable tone. The lowercase keeps the same decorative DNA as the caps, so mixed-case setting retains a unified, display-driven character.