Outline Kaho 9 is a very light, very wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, titles, playful, retro, chunky, friendly, techy, display impact, graphic outline, retro tech, playfulness, branding, rounded, geometric, blocky, bubblelike, soft corners.
This font is an all-outline display face built from rounded, blocky letterforms with soft corners and mostly rectilinear geometry. The contours are monoline and even, with open counters and generous interior space that keeps the shapes airy despite their bulky silhouettes. Many glyphs show squared curves, chamfer-like transitions, and occasional small notches or cut-in details that add a slightly mechanical, constructed feel. Spacing and rhythm read steady in text, with compact apertures and simplified joins that emphasize a bold, modular structure rendered as a light outline.
Best suited to short display settings such as headlines, posters, title cards, and branding where the outlined construction can be used as a graphic element. It can work well on packaging or merch when paired with solid fills, color, or shadow effects, and it’s particularly effective on high-contrast backgrounds that keep the contour crisp.
The overall tone is playful and retro-futuristic, combining bubble-like friendliness with a subtle industrial/tech edge. It feels arcade-adjacent and comic in spirit, with a lighthearted, approachable character that still reads engineered rather than handwritten.
The design appears intended as a distinctive outline display font that delivers a chunky, rounded silhouette without the heaviness of a filled weight. Its simplified geometry and consistent contour suggest a focus on bold shape recognition, graphic impact, and a retro-tech personality for attention-grabbing typography.
The outline-only construction makes the face sensitive to background and size: it stays clean and graphic at larger display sizes, while the inner shapes and narrow contour can soften or fill in visually at small sizes. The rounded rectangular stress and consistently softened terminals help maintain cohesion across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.