Sans Other Iplo 3 is a bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, children’s media, playful, quirky, cartoonish, whimsical, retro, expressiveness, approachability, novelty, impact, tilted terminals, soft corners, bouncy baseline, irregular rhythm, rounded counters.
A heavy, monoline sans with softened corners and subtly irregular geometry that gives each glyph a hand-cut, slightly skewed presence. Strokes stay consistently thick, but joins and terminals frequently angle or taper into wedge-like endings, creating a restless rhythm across words. Counters are generally rounded and generous for the weight, while diagonals and curved strokes lean into uneven, lively contours. Overall spacing and letterfit feel compact and punchy, with distinctive, idiosyncratic shapes in characters like a, g, y, and the numerals.
Best suited for short to medium display text where personality is the priority: posters, headlines, playful brand marks, packaging, and event graphics. It can also work for children’s or entertainment-oriented materials, where its energetic rhythm and chunky silhouettes help carry tone at a glance.
The face reads as cheerful and mischievous, with a bouncy, comic energy that feels more expressive than neutral. Its deliberate irregularities suggest a handmade, cut-paper or cartoon-title sensibility, projecting friendliness and informality rather than corporate restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, friendly display voice by combining a simple sans framework with intentionally off-kilter terminals and subtly warped contours. Its aim is to feel approachable and handmade while remaining legible and strongly graphic.
In longer lines, the angular terminals and alternating slants create a pronounced texture that becomes a stylistic feature, not a background voice. The strong black presence and chunky forms make it especially attention-grabbing, while the quirky details in bowls and tails add personality at display sizes.