Outline Elky 3 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, logos, packaging, collegiate, retro, bold, sporty, playful, display impact, athletic branding, retro signage, dimensional look, slab serif, inline, blocky, bracketed, rounded.
A blocky slab-serif design drawn as an outline with a thin inner inline that creates a hollow, double-contour effect. Strokes are sturdy and mostly monolinear in feel, with crisp corners softened by subtle rounding and bracketed joins in places. Uppercase forms are broad and stable, while the lowercase keeps a tall, sturdy build with compact counters and a distinctly constructed rhythm. Numerals follow the same architectural, sign-painter solidity, staying legible at display sizes while emphasizing perimeter shape over filled mass.
Best suited for display typography such as headlines, posters, team or event branding, and logo wordmarks where the outlined, slab-serif shapes can read cleanly. It can also work for packaging and merchandise graphics that benefit from a vintage athletic or sign-style voice, particularly at medium to large sizes.
The overall tone feels collegiate and retro, evoking athletic lettering and mid‑century signage. The outlined construction adds a lively, poster-like punch, reading as confident and attention-seeking without becoming overly ornate. It balances ruggedness with a friendly, slightly playful finish.
The font appears intended to deliver a classic slab-serif impact while using an outline-plus-inline construction to add dimensionality and a ready-made “badge” or “team lettering” feel. Its consistent, constructed forms suggest a focus on bold word shapes and high visibility in branding and promotional contexts.
The outline and inner inline create a layered look that can appear lighter than a filled slab at the same size, but it remains visually assertive due to its wide set and strong silhouettes. The design’s emphasis on exterior contours makes spacing and word shapes very prominent, especially in all-caps settings.