Solid Guru 3 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, comics, playful, wacky, cartoon, quirky, retro, humor, attention, whimsy, informality, character, blobby, bulky, soft, uneven, squashed.
A chunky display face with swollen, blobby silhouettes and deliberately irregular contours. Strokes are heavy and soft-edged, with subtle waviness that makes horizontals and terminals look hand-shaped rather than mechanically flat. Counters are small and sometimes partly collapsed, creating dense, ink-heavy forms (notably in rounded letters and several numerals). Proportions are generally broad, with a bouncy baseline feel and varied letter widths that add to the uneven rhythm in text.
Best suited to short, high-impact display settings such as headlines, posters, playful packaging, event flyers, and children-oriented or comic-style graphics. It can also work for logos or badges where a bold, goofy voice is needed, but is less appropriate for long passages due to its dense interiors and lively irregularity.
The overall tone is humorous and mischievous, leaning into cartoon signage and lighthearted, offbeat personality. Its lumpy geometry and compressed counters give it a playful, slightly chaotic energy that feels informal and attention-seeking rather than refined.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch with a hand-formed, cartoonish irregularity. By keeping forms wide and heavily filled while letting edges wobble and counters tighten, it aims for a friendly, humorous display presence that reads quickly at larger sizes.
In continuous text the dark color builds quickly, so spacing and size become important for clarity. The most distinctive character comes through in round letters and diagonals, where the wobble and swelling are most visible, while straighter forms keep the texture coherent across words.