Groovy Ekze 3 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, album art, packaging, event promos, groovy, playful, retro, funky, whimsical, retro flavor, display impact, playfulness, psychedelic mood, blobby, bulbous, soft, liquid, bouncy.
A heavy, soft-edged display face built from swollen, rounded strokes and teardrop terminals. Forms are compact and vertically oriented, with subtly uneven widths and a gently wavy rhythm that makes counters and joins feel fluid rather than geometric. The silhouette is consistently chunky and ink-trappy in spirit, with small pinches and bulges that give letters a hand-molded, organic look. Numerals follow the same blobby construction, keeping a uniform, poster-ready color across lines of text.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its chunky curves can be appreciated—posters, festival or party promotions, album/playlist artwork, expressive packaging, and brand marks for playful or retro-themed projects. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers, but will be most effective when given generous size and breathing room.
The overall tone is cheerful and psychedelic-leaning, with a 60s–70s poster sensibility and a cartoonish friendliness. Its wobble and inflated shapes read as lighthearted and musical, suggesting motion and warmth rather than precision or restraint.
The design appears intended to capture a groovy, retro display voice through inflated strokes, soft terminals, and a deliberately irregular, flowing construction. It aims to create immediate visual flavor and a strong black shape on the page, emphasizing character and rhythm over neutrality.
Spacing looks naturally tight due to the large, rounded forms, and the distinctive terminals and asymmetric swelling make the texture lively at display sizes. The style prioritizes personality over strict regularity, so repeated letters show a fun, slightly quirky rhythm in words and headlines.