Sans Normal Tulot 3 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, punchy, playful, retro, friendly, confident, display impact, retro flavor, friendly tone, distinctiveness, logo use, rounded, blocky, soft corners, compact counters, tight apertures.
A heavy, rounded sans with chunky strokes and pronounced cut-ins that create small, often rectangular counters. Curves are smooth and generous on bowls and shoulders, while terminals tend to finish with squared, blunt ends, giving a soft-but-blocky silhouette. The letterforms lean on simple geometric construction with tight apertures (notably in C/S and similar shapes), and several glyphs show distinctive notches and ink-trap-like scoops that add texture to the rhythm. Overall spacing reads solid and compact, optimized for big sizes where the interior shaping remains legible.
Best suited for headlines, posters, packaging, and bold branding where large type can showcase the carved counters and notched details. It can also work for short signage and social graphics, especially where a friendly, retro-leaning impact is desired.
The tone is bold and attention-grabbing with a friendly, slightly whimsical personality. Its sculpted cutouts and rounded massing evoke a retro display feel—confident and a bit cheeky—more suited to expressive messaging than neutral corporate text.
The design appears intended as a distinctive display sans: maximize visual weight and impact while keeping an approachable feel through rounded geometry and playful internal cutouts. The notches and tight counters add character and a recognizable texture in large-format typography.
Uppercase and lowercase maintain a consistent, weighty presence, and the numerals match with similarly robust forms. The design’s tight internal spaces and clipped apertures can merge at smaller sizes, but at display sizes the carved details become a defining feature.