Sans Other Lyla 3 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, kids branding, headlines, stickers, playful, friendly, chunky, retro, quirky, approachability, humor, nostalgia, impact, informality, rounded, soft corners, bouncy, cartoony, informal.
A heavy, soft-cornered sans with chunky strokes and subtly irregular, hand-drawn contours. Letterforms are broadly proportioned with generous bowls and compact counters, producing strong black shapes and a lively rhythm. Terminals tend to look blunted or slightly tapered rather than crisply cut, and curves feel elastic with gentle wobble that avoids strict geometric precision. Numerals and capitals share the same stout, cartoon-like construction, keeping a consistent, bold texture across lines of text.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, playful packaging, event flyers, sticker-style graphics, and short headline copy where personality is the priority. It can work well for children’s products, casual food and beverage branding, and retro-inspired promotions, especially when set with ample spacing and simple layouts.
The overall tone is upbeat and approachable, with a humorous, slightly mischievous energy. Its bouncy shapes and softened edges read as casual and kid-friendly, leaning toward a retro cartoon/hand-lettered feel rather than a formal brand voice.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a friendly, informal voice—combining stout sans construction with hand-drawn irregularity to feel approachable and characterful. It prioritizes bold silhouette and charm over strict typographic neutrality, aiming to stand out quickly in attention-driven contexts.
The texture stays intentionally uneven from glyph to glyph, which adds charm at display sizes but can create a busy color in longer passages. The wide stance and thick joins make it particularly impactful in short words and punchy headlines, where the rounded silhouettes are most legible.