Solid Gula 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, children's media, playful, chunky, quirky, friendly, comic, high impact, handmade feel, humor, approachability, soft corners, hand-cut, wobbly, compact, blobby.
A heavy, all-caps/lowercase display face built from thick, rounded, irregular strokes with a hand-cut wobble. Curves are bulbous and simplified, terminals tend to be blunt, and counters are often minimized or closed, producing dense, solid silhouettes. Proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, with uneven widths, off-center joins, and a deliberately bouncy baseline rhythm that reads more like cut paper or marker shapes than constructed geometry.
Best suited for short display settings where impact matters more than fine detail: posters, titles, packaging callouts, sticker-style graphics, and playful branding. It also works well for children’s content and event materials where a bold, friendly voice is desired.
The overall tone is lighthearted and mischievous, with a casual, kid-friendly energy. Its lumpy forms and collapsed interiors create a bold, toy-like presence that feels humorous and informal rather than refined or technical.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through solid, simplified shapes and an intentionally imperfect, hand-made rhythm. By collapsing interiors and emphasizing chunky silhouettes, it aims to stay legible at a glance while projecting a quirky, approachable personality.
At text sizes, the dense fills and reduced counters can make letters run together visually, so spacing and size choices matter. The numerals and punctuation share the same chunky, irregular character, helping headlines and short phrases maintain a consistent, punchy texture.