Sans Other Gibo 3 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, logotypes, playful, punchy, posterish, retro, cartoonish, impact, character, display, memorability, humor, blobby, chunky, bulbous, quirky, rounded.
A heavy, chunky sans with soft, rounded contours and broad, compact shapes. Terminals are generally blunt and the counters tend to be small, creating strong black mass and high impact. Several glyphs show distinctive wedge-like cut-ins and notched joins (notably in letters like S, G, and some diagonals), giving the design a sculpted, slightly irregular rhythm rather than a purely geometric build. The lowercase is similarly stout, with single-storey forms and simple construction, while figures are large and blocky with minimal internal openings.
Best suited to short, high-impact display work such as posters, headlines, packaging, and bold brand moments where strong silhouette and texture are desirable. It can also work for logotypes and event graphics, especially when set with generous tracking and ample size to preserve the interior shapes.
The overall tone is bold and playful, with a friendly, cartoon-like solidity that reads as attention-grabbing and slightly mischievous. Its notched details and inflated silhouettes evoke a retro display sensibility suited to fun, energetic messaging rather than neutrality.
Likely designed as a characterful display sans that maximizes impact through dense, rounded forms and signature notched cut-ins, creating a memorable texture in large-scale typography.
In text settings the tight counters and heavy interior density can reduce clarity at smaller sizes, while the distinctive notches become a defining texture at larger sizes. The design’s visual personality comes more from its carved-in negative spaces than from stroke modulation, which keeps the color uniform and emphatic.