Solid Gufu 3 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, kids media, playful, punchy, retro, cartoony, chunky, high impact, quirky branding, retro display, graphic texture, rounded, blocky, geometric, high-impact, compact counters.
A heavy, rounded display face built from blocky geometric forms with soft corners and frequent triangular notches and wedge-like terminals. The bowls and counters are intentionally compact, with several letters showing reduced or nearly closed apertures, creating a dense “solid” silhouette. Curves are smooth and circular (notably in O/Q/0), while diagonals and joins often resolve into sharp, cut-in angles that add rhythm and texture. Overall spacing and widths feel intentionally uneven for a lively, hand-cut look, with a sturdy baseline and simple, monoline-like stroke behavior.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, logo wordmarks, packaging, and playful branding. It performs well when set large, where the cut-out details and compact counters read as intentional styling rather than lost detail.
The font reads as playful and attention-seeking, mixing friendly roundness with cheeky, cut-out angularity. Its compact openings and chunky mass give it a poster-like, game-show energy that feels retro and slightly irreverent rather than formal.
The design appears intended to create a dense, graphic word shape with a distinctive cut-out motif—combining rounded, approachable geometry with irregular wedges to signal novelty and personality in display typography.
Distinctive cut-ins appear across multiple glyphs (e.g., S/s, K/k, M/N, and the numerals), which increases visual character but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. The lowercase maintains a strong presence and simplified forms, with single-storey shapes and minimal detailing that keep the texture bold and uniform.