Solid Iptu 3 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, children’s media, playful, quirky, chunky, cartoonish, hand-cut, maximum impact, handmade feel, humor, friendly tone, blobby, wonky, soft-cornered, bulbous, irregular.
A heavy, compact display face built from rounded, blobby silhouettes with intentionally uneven contours. Strokes stay thick and relatively uniform, with soft corners and occasional wedge-like terminals that create a hand-cut, slightly wobbly rhythm. Counters are minimal and sometimes collapse into small slits or dots, producing dense letterforms with strong black coverage. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, giving the alphabet a lively, irregular cadence while remaining broadly legible at display sizes.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, headlines, packaging, labels, and social graphics where its dense shapes can read cleanly. It also works well for playful branding, kids’ titles, event promos, and sticker-style or cutout-inspired designs; avoid long passages or small sizes where the tight counters may close up.
The overall tone is mischievous and lighthearted, with a comic, kid-friendly energy. Its lumpy geometry and squashed openings feel informal and tactile, like cut paper or inked shapes, lending a fun, offbeat personality.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with an intentionally imperfect, handcrafted look. By emphasizing soft, irregular silhouettes and reduced internal openings, it aims to feel bold, friendly, and humorous while staying readable in display settings.
The face relies on silhouette recognition more than interior detail, so spacing and word shapes become the main drivers of readability. Numerals share the same chunky, softened construction and read as bold, poster-like figures.