Solid Depe 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, album art, retro, playful, graphic, quirky, posterish, attention capture, distinctive branding, graphic texture, retro display, stencil-like, ink-trap, cut-in, geometric, high-impact.
A high-impact display face built from simplified geometric forms and heavy strokes, punctuated by deliberate internal cut-ins that collapse many counters into solid shapes. Several letters use vertical slots or wedge-like apertures instead of open bowls, creating a stencil-adjacent, ink-trap-inspired look with strong black–white patterning. Proportions are generally compact with sturdy stems, while the rhythm varies noticeably between glyphs—some are strictly rectilinear, others lean on rounded, near-circular bowls. Numerals echo the same treatment, with bold silhouettes and occasional sliced or notched interiors for contrast and recognition.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as posters, headlines, event graphics, logos, and packaging where its bold silhouettes and internal cut-ins can read as intentional pattern. It can also work well for branding accents, labels, and merchandise where a distinctive letterform motif adds memorability.
The overall tone is playful and attention-seeking, blending retro sign-painting and experimental poster typography with a slightly mischievous, puzzle-like readability. Its recurring “filled counter + slot” motif gives it a distinctive, graphic personality that feels designed to be noticed rather than to disappear into running text.
The design appears intended to reinterpret familiar sans-like structures into a solid, highly graphic display system, using collapsed counters and consistent cut-in shapes to create a recognizable visual signature. The goal seems to be maximal impact and a cohesive texture in large-scale typography rather than conventional text comfort.
The distinctive interior cutouts become a defining texture across words, producing strong spotting at headline sizes. At smaller sizes, some characters with highly reduced counters may rely on context for quickest recognition, especially where bowls are fully filled and differentiated mainly by the position and shape of the cut-in.