Outline Ilhu 3 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logos, posters, sportswear, packaging, collegiate, sporty, retro, bold, playful, varsity look, display impact, built-in outline, retro branding, slab serif, rounded, outlined, inline, blocky.
A wide, outline slab-serif with a distinctive inner inline that creates a double-stroke, hollow look. The letterforms are built from sturdy, mostly monoline contours with rounded corners and softened terminals, giving the geometry a friendly, slightly inflated feel. Serifs are squarish and bracketed, and the overall construction reads as blocky and stable, with generous counters and open apertures that help the outlines stay legible at display sizes. Spacing appears even and the alphabet maintains consistent stroke framing across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display applications such as headlines, posters, and hero text where the outline-and-inline detailing can be appreciated. It also works well for logos, team or club-style marks, merchandise graphics, and packaging that benefits from a bold, retro collegiate tone.
The style evokes classic varsity and athletic lettering with a vintage, sign-painting adjacency. Its outlined structure adds an energetic, attention-grabbing quality while still feeling approachable and fun, making it feel at home in casual, upbeat branding.
The design appears intended to deliver a varsity-inspired slab-serif voice in an outline format, offering a built-in dimensional/outlined effect without additional styling. It prioritizes strong silhouette, friendly rounding, and high visual impact for branding and display typography.
The inner inline tracks the outer contour closely, producing a strong layered effect that can read like a built-in stroke-and-stroke treatment. Because the design relies on outlines, it will look best when given enough size (or sufficient stroke thickness in output) to prevent the interior channels from closing up in reproduction.