Inline Lyru 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, team graphics, posters, headlines, apparel, sporty, industrial, retro, aggressive, energetic, impact, speed, engraved look, brand display, athletic tone, slab serif, chamfered, incised, angular, blocky.
A heavy, forward-slanted slab serif with angular, chamfered corners and compact internal counters. The strokes are carved with a consistent inline cut that reads as a narrow highlight running through the black shapes, giving each letter a layered, dimensional feel. Terminals are squared and sturdy, with a slightly condensed, mechanical rhythm and tight joins that emphasize solidity. Numerals and capitals keep a uniform, boxy stance, while lowercase maintains the same engineered construction for a cohesive system.
Best suited for display applications where impact and attitude matter: sports and esports branding, team merchandise, event posters, bold packaging, and promotional headlines. It also works well for short slogans or titling where the inline carving can read clearly and add visual punch.
The overall tone is forceful and high-energy, mixing a retro athletic swagger with a hard-edged, machine-made attitude. The inline carving adds a flashy, speed-and-metal highlight that feels bold, competitive, and attention-seeking.
The design appears intended to deliver a rugged, high-impact italic with an engineered, engraved look. By combining slab-serif sturdiness with a consistent inline cut, it aims to create instant visibility and a sense of speed and toughness in branding-forward typography.
The inline detail becomes a primary texture at display sizes, creating a striped, engraved effect across words. In dense settings the cut-ins can visually thicken the texture, so generous tracking and larger point sizes help preserve the intended dimensionality.