Sans Contrasted Igni 3 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, logotypes, retro, dramatic, stylized, assertive, playful, display impact, vintage flavor, graphic texture, headline clarity, flared terminals, teardrop counters, ink-trap feel, geometric, sculpted.
A heavy display sans with strongly sculpted, high-contrast forms and a wide, poster-like stance. Strokes transition sharply between thick masses and razor-thin joins, producing crisp internal notches and wedge-like connections that create an ink-trap impression at some intersections. Counters are often teardrop or oval and sit inside large black shapes, while terminals tend to flare or taper to points rather than ending bluntly. The rhythm is energetic and irregular in a controlled way, with many letters built from bold blocks punctuated by delicate cuts, giving the alphabet a carved, graphic quality.
Best suited for headlines, posters, branding marks, and packaging where strong silhouettes and dramatic contrast can do the heavy lifting. It performs especially well in short phrases, titles, and logo-style wordmarks where its carved details can be appreciated.
The overall tone feels theatrical and retro-leaning, mixing monument-like solidity with playful, ornamental cuts. Its sharp contrasts and dramatic silhouettes read as confident and attention-seeking, suited to punchy statements rather than quiet text.
The design appears intended as an attention-focused display face: a bold sans framework embellished with sharp contrast, flared terminals, and sculpted interior cuts to evoke a vintage, decorative signage sensibility while remaining cleanly non-serif in structure.
In the sample text, the distinctive internal cuts and tapered terminals stay prominent even at smaller sizes, but the tight apertures and high-contrast joins can make longer passages feel busy. Numerals and capitals share the same bold, sculptural language, keeping headings and short lines visually consistent.