Solid Anba 3 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logo marks, packaging, editorial splash, playful, quirky, punchy, retro, cartoonish, expressiveness, novelty impact, brand distinctiveness, motion emphasis, heavy terminals, soft joins, ink-trap feel, bulbous forms, oblique stress.
This is an italic display face with a mix of slender, slanted strokes and abrupt, bulbous expansions where bowls and terminals would normally open. Many counters are collapsed into solid shapes, producing teardrop and oval masses inside letters (notably in round forms like O/Q and in parts of B/D/P/R), while other characters resolve into narrow, calligraphic-looking strokes with rounded ends. The geometry feels deliberately uneven: curves are plush and swollen, diagonals are brisk and sharp, and joins often flare as if ink is pooling at pressure points. Spacing and letterwidths vary noticeably, giving the line a lively, irregular rhythm.
Best suited to short, expressive settings such as posters, headlines, and punchy editorial callouts where its irregular rhythm and solidified interiors can be appreciated at larger sizes. It can also work for logos, packaging accents, or event promotions that benefit from a quirky, high-impact italic voice.
The overall tone is mischievous and animated, with an offbeat, hand-drawn energy. The filled-in interiors and exaggerated blobs create a bold, comedic punch that reads as intentionally eccentric rather than strictly functional.
The design appears intended to blend an italic, brush-like motion with novelty silhouettes by intentionally collapsing counters and exaggerating stroke endings. This creates a distinctive texture that prioritizes character and memorability over conventional text neutrality.
Round characters become strong graphic silhouettes due to the collapsed counters, and several lowercase forms lean toward single-storey, simplified constructions. Numerals follow the same slanted, high-contrast-in-feel behavior, mixing narrow strokes with heavy, droplet-like terminals for a distinctive, branded texture.