Inline Irfi 9 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, signage, art deco, retro, industrial, techno, display, impact, deco revival, branding, ornamental detail, geometric, angular, beveled, inline, outline.
A tightly constructed, geometric display face built from heavy, blocky strokes with sharp chamfered corners and a consistent inline cut that runs through the letterforms. Curves are minimized and usually rendered as faceted arcs, producing octagonal counters and clipped terminals throughout. The proportions are tall and condensed, with compact apertures and firm, straight-sided verticals that create a dense, rhythmic texture. Numerals and capitals carry the same beveled, machined logic, and the punctuation shown adopts the same angular, monolinear-in-spirit detailing.
Best suited to display typography where its angular inline construction can be appreciated: posters, titles, branding marks, product packaging, and signage. It also works well for short, high-impact phrases in interfaces or entertainment graphics when set with generous spacing and ample size.
The overall tone is sleek and mechanical, evoking signage, machinery, and early-modernist ornament. Its inline detailing adds a lit, engraved feel that reads as both vintage and futuristic, landing in an Art Deco–meets–industrial space suited to bold, stylized statements.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, compact display voice with a carved inline motif, combining deco geometry with a machined, architectural finish for attention-grabbing branding and titling.
The inline channel stays visually consistent across stems, bowls, and joins, giving the face a carved or routed effect rather than a simple outline. At smaller sizes the tight counters and internal detailing may visually fill in, while at larger sizes the faceting and beveled corners become the primary character.