Groovy Hyvi 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, event promo, groovy, playful, bubbly, retro, cheerful, attention, retro feel, friendly impact, whimsy, rounded, blobby, soft, cartoonish, chunky.
A heavy, rounded display face built from blobby, soft-cornered strokes and inflated counters. Letterforms lean on simple, compact geometry with gently irregular curves, giving each glyph a hand-shaped feel while keeping overall proportions consistent. Terminals are fully rounded, bowls are spacious, and joins often swell slightly, creating a puffy silhouette that reads clearly at larger sizes. The lowercase is friendly and simplified, with single-storey forms and a prominent, ball-like i/j dot; numerals follow the same soft, molded rhythm.
Best suited for display applications where personality is the priority: posters, headlines, album or event promotion, packaging, and short logotype-style wordmarks. It also works well for playful UI moments like badges, stickers, and section headers when set at sufficiently large sizes.
The overall tone is upbeat and nostalgic, with a distinctly groovy, poster-like energy. Its cushioned shapes and playful irregularity suggest fun, informality, and a lighthearted retro sensibility rather than precision or restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, attention-grabbing word shape with a soft, psychedelic-leaning retro flavor. It prioritizes friendly impact and visual character through inflated strokes, rounded terminals, and subtly irregular contours that keep the texture lively.
Spacing feels generous and the outlines create strong black shapes, making the face especially dependent on size for clarity—small settings may lose some internal detail as counters tighten. The design maintains a cohesive rhythm across caps, lowercase, and figures through consistent rounding and bulging stroke behavior.