Shadow Veji 3 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, logos, packaging, game ui, mysterious, dramatic, playful, fantasy, cinematic, thematic display, carved effect, shadow depth, headline impact, angular, sharp, notched, cutout, stylized.
A stylized display face built from broad, simplified letterforms that are repeatedly interrupted by angular cut-ins and offset “missing” wedges, producing a hollowed, shadow-like break through the strokes. Curves are generally round and geometric (notably in C, O, and G), while joins and terminals often end in knife-like points or beveled corners. The rhythm is lively and uneven in a deliberate way: many glyphs show asymmetric internal cutouts and slanted nicks that create a sense of motion, with occasional long, tapering strokes (especially in diagonals such as K, R, V, W, X, and Y). Counters tend to be open and airy, but the decorative carving reduces continuous stroke flow, making the texture more graphic than text-like.
Best suited to display settings where the cutout-and-shadow detailing can read clearly: posters, title cards, album art, event promotions, logos/wordmarks, and themed packaging. It can also work for short UI labels in games or entertainment projects, but extended body text will look busy due to the frequent internal breaks.
The carved, shadow-sliced construction gives the font a moody, theatrical tone that reads as magical, gothic-adjacent, and slightly mischievous rather than strictly historical. It suggests spellbooks, game titles, and dramatic poster typography—energetic and attention-seeking with a crafted, hand-cut feel.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold silhouette with built-in depth and intrigue via systematic internal slicing and offset hollows, creating a shadowed, carved look without adding extra weight. Its goal is expressive impact and thematic flavor over neutrality or long-form readability.
Uppercase forms feel more emblematic and stable, while lowercase introduces more quirky, calligraphic-like quirks (for example the single-storey a and the looped/angled treatments in g, e, and s). Numerals follow the same cutout logic, with strong silhouettes and decorative internal breaks that keep them consistent with the alphabet.