Outline Buro 13 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, logotypes, packaging, retro, sporty, showcard, dynamic, bold, dimensional effect, vintage display, attention grabbing, headline impact, inline, shadowed, slab serif, rounded terminals, display.
A right-leaning display face built from crisp outline contours with an internal inline/shadow accent that suggests depth. The letterforms show high-contrast, stylized construction with squared slab-like serifs, sharp joins, and selectively rounded corners in bowls and shoulders. Counters are generous and often vertically emphasized, and the inner cut/inline detail tracks consistently through curves and straight stems, producing a dimensional, engraved look rather than a flat outline. Figures and caps feel slightly condensed with energetic diagonals and compact apertures, prioritizing impact over text neutrality.
Best suited to short, prominent settings where the outline and inline detail can be appreciated: posters, event titles, sports or motorsport-style branding, packaging front panels, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for pull quotes and section headers when used with ample size and spacing, but the decorative interior detail makes it less appropriate for long passages.
The overall tone is theatrical and punchy, with a vintage sign-painting and athletic title-card flavor. Its dimensional outline-and-inline treatment reads as confident and attention-seeking, evoking classic mid‑century advertising, sports branding, and marquee-style headlines.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic dimensional display effect—combining an outline skeleton with an interior inline/shadow to simulate engraving or drop-shadow depth—while maintaining strong legibility in bold headline scenarios.
Stroke endings and serifs are simplified and blocky, helping the outline hold together at larger sizes while the internal inline adds rhythm and motion across words. The italic slant and repeated interior shading create strong left-to-right momentum, especially noticeable in all-caps settings.