Stencil Wafo 3 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, labels, branding, industrial, utilitarian, mechanical, military, architectural, stencil marking, space saving, rugged clarity, signage tone, condensed, monoline, segmented, squared, hard-edged.
A condensed, monoline stencil design built from straight segments and rounded-corner curves, with consistent, deliberate breaks that create clear bridges throughout the alphabet and numerals. Forms are largely vertical and compact, with squared terminals and a slightly boxy geometry; counters tend to be narrow and neatly controlled. The lowercase shows a tall, straightforward structure with minimal modulation, and the numerals follow the same segmented, engineered rhythm for a cohesive texture in lines of text.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, headlines, packaging, wayfinding, and product or equipment-style labels where a stenciled look is desired. It can also work for short blocks of text when you want an industrial flavor, though the segmented construction favors larger sizes for maximum clarity.
The overall tone feels industrial and functional, evoking signage, equipment labeling, and other contexts where durability and clarity matter. Its clipped joins and systematic gaps give it a pragmatic, no-nonsense voice with a subtle retro-technical edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a sturdy stencil aesthetic with an engineered, space-efficient footprint, balancing recognizable letterforms with systematic bridges for a manufactured, reproducible feel.
The stencil gaps are sized and placed to remain legible at display sizes while still reading as unmistakably stenciled. Spacing and stroke continuity create a steady, marching rhythm, making repeated verticals and hard corners a defining part of the texture.