Solid Andu 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album art, playful, expressive, retro, hand-cut, punchy, attention grabbing, handmade feel, graphic impact, retro flavor, brushlike, inked, rounded, asymmetric, compact.
A slanted, heavy display face with compact proportions and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes feel brushlike and carved, alternating between swollen teardrop masses and tapering, blade-like terminals. Many counters are reduced or fully closed, producing solid, ink-blob silhouettes and strong figure/ground presence. Letterforms are irregular and slightly bouncy, with frequent angled joins, sharp notches, and occasional spur-like flicks that add motion without becoming delicate.
Best suited for short, high-impact setting such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and distinctive logotypes where its solid silhouettes can dominate. It also works well for themed applications like retro-inspired graphics, event promos, and bold editorial openers, especially at larger sizes where the quirky contours read clearly.
The overall tone is playful and slightly mischievous, with a retro hand-made character that reads like bold marker, cut-paper, or inked signage. Its exaggerated shapes and collapsed interiors create a loud, attention-grabbing voice suited to expressive messaging rather than neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality and visual weight through irregular, hand-made forms and intentionally reduced counters. Its slant and animated terminals suggest a focus on energy and immediacy, prioritizing graphic impact over text-like continuity.
The texture varies noticeably from glyph to glyph, so repeated letters create a dynamic pattern rather than a uniform typographic color. Diacritics and punctuation (as seen in the sample) appear as strong, rounded marks that match the dense silhouettes. Numerals follow the same chunky, sculpted logic, staying highly graphic and compact.