Solid Idsi 3 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Aaux Next Comp' by Positype, 'Peperoncino Sans' by Resistenza, and 'Nu Sans' by Typecalism Foundryline (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, stickers, grunge, handmade, playful, rugged, comic, expressive impact, diy texture, rough display, poster punch, chunky, blobby, distressed, uneven, inked.
A heavy, compact display face with irregular, hand-cut contours and visibly uneven stroke edges. The letterforms are mostly monoline in feel but show subtle swelling and tapering, with wobbly verticals, soft corners, and flattened terminals that read like stamped or brush-loaded ink. Counters are frequently reduced or collapsed, producing dense silhouettes—especially in rounded and enclosed shapes—while overall widths and sidebearings vary from glyph to glyph for a lively, non-mechanical rhythm. Numerals match the same chunky, imperfect construction, with simplified bowls and blocky curves.
Best suited for posters, headlines, badges, and short slogans where bold texture is an asset. It can work well for music and event promotion, skate/DIY aesthetics, playful spooky themes, and packaging or labels that benefit from a handmade, stamped look.
The font conveys a raw, tactile energy—part punk flyer, part DIY zine—with a playful roughness that feels informal and expressive rather than precise. Its dense shapes and distressed edges add a gritty, rebellious tone that can also read cartoonish or Halloween-adjacent depending on context and color.
The design appears intended to prioritize personality and texture over typographic neutrality, using collapsed counters and rough edges to create dense, punchy silhouettes that reproduce like inked or cut-paper lettering.
In text lines, the strong black mass creates high impact but also reduces internal differentiation in smaller sizes, so spacing and size choices matter for clarity. The irregular outlines and variable widths create a bouncy baseline texture that suits short bursts of copy more than long reading passages.