Sans Contrasted Igmu 3 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, art deco, theatrical, retro, posterish, playful, attention grabbing, vintage styling, display impact, graphic texture, brand character, geometric, flared, ink-trap, display, high-impact.
A heavy, geometric display face built from broad verticals and generous curves, with sharp, triangular joins and crisp terminals. The stroke design favors strong contrast between thick main strokes and narrow pinch points, creating cut-in notches and teardrop-like counters in letters such as O/Q and several lowercase forms. Many characters show wedge-shaped or chamfered endings and occasional flared strokes, producing a sculpted, stencil-adjacent silhouette without breaking the forms. Overall spacing reads compact and dense, with large counters where they exist but frequent internal constrictions that add rhythm and texture at text sizes.
Best suited for posters, event titles, packaging, logos, and short headline settings where its carved contrast and decorative pinch points can read clearly. It can also work for large-size editorial display or signage, especially when a retro or theatrical tone is desired.
The font projects a showcard, Art Deco–leaning energy: bold, stylish, and slightly dramatic. Its pronounced shapes and carved-in details feel playful and attention-seeking, with a vintage flavor suited to signage and headline statements rather than quiet body copy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a stylized, sculpted geometry—combining simple sans foundations with high-contrast shaping and angular cuts to create a distinctive, vintage-leaning display voice.
Capitals lean toward blocky, monumental proportions while the lowercase introduces more quirky, calligraphic-like swell and pinch moments (notably in a, g, s, and t), increasing personality. Numerals are similarly weighty and graphic, designed to match the headline tone.