Outline Lanu 2 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: game ui, pixel art, posters, headlines, logos, 8-bit, arcade, retro, techy, quirky, retro computing, screen display, pixel aesthetic, playful tech, pixelated, outlined, monoline, angular, modular.
A pixel-driven outline face built from modular, squared forms with crisp right-angle turns and occasional stepped diagonals. Strokes are rendered as open contours with a consistent line thickness, leaving the interiors mostly unfilled and producing a distinctly hollow, screen-like texture. Proportions skew tall with narrow counters and compact sidebearings, while character widths vary noticeably across the set, giving the line a slightly irregular rhythm. Corners and terminals are predominantly blunt and rectilinear, with small cut-ins and notch-like details that emphasize its grid construction.
Best suited for display use where the outlined pixel aesthetic can be appreciated—game interfaces, retro-themed branding, event posters, stream overlays, and short headlines. It can work for labels and compact UI text at moderate sizes, especially when clarity is supported by generous spacing and high contrast against the background.
The overall tone is distinctly digital and game-like, evoking vintage display systems and early computer graphics. Its outlined construction feels technical and playful at once, with a slightly glitchy, hand-tuned pixel personality that reads as retro-futurist rather than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic bitmap/arcade feel while staying airy through an outline-only construction. By combining tall proportions with modular grid geometry and playful notch details, it aims for recognizable letterforms that still read as deliberately pixel-made and decorative.
In text, the open outlines create a lighter color on the page than a filled pixel font, and the internal cutouts can become visually busy at smaller sizes or in dense paragraphs. The strong grid logic helps maintain consistency, but the stepped curves and narrow apertures make it better suited to situations where the pixel aesthetic is part of the message.