Outline Lanu 5 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, headlines, posters, logos, packaging, athletic, poster, arcade, comic, retro, impact, sportiness, signage, retro feel, badge lettering, octagonal, slab, blocky, outlined, inset.
A compact, blocky display face built from heavy rectangular forms with clipped, octagonal corners. Letterforms are constructed as an outline with a consistent stroke and an inset counter shape, producing a hollow, sign-like silhouette. Curves are largely squared off and corners are chamfered, creating a sturdy geometric rhythm; joins are mostly orthogonal with occasional angled terminals on diagonals. Spacing and widths feel tightly controlled, with broad, flat tops and bottoms and a generally uniform cap height that reads strongly in all-caps settings.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as sports branding, team or event graphics, bold headlines, and poster titles where the outlined look can read clearly. It also works well for logos, badges, and packaging callouts that benefit from a strong, geometric, outlined silhouette.
The overall tone is sporty and assertive, with a varsity/scoreboard energy that also nods to arcade and sticker-like headline typography. The outlined construction adds a punchy, attention-grabbing feel while staying clean and graphic rather than ornate.
The design appears intended as a loud, graphic display font that combines a varsity-inspired block structure with an outlined, hollow treatment for maximum impact. Its angular, chamfered geometry suggests a focus on reproducible, emblem-like letterforms that hold up in large-scale, high-contrast applications.
The chamfered corners and squared bowls give many glyphs a stenciled, badge-like presence, and the inner cutout creates a secondary contour that reinforces legibility at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same angular logic, keeping a consistent, poster-ready texture across mixed alphanumeric text.