Print Golos 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, album art, quirky, retro, energetic, handmade, playful, expressiveness, distinctiveness, handmade feel, display impact, angular, faceted, chiseled, spiky, condensed.
This typeface has a hand-drawn, italic slant with narrow proportions and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes appear pen-like but are frequently faceted into sharp angles, with clipped terminals and small spur-like corners that create a chiseled, polygonal look. Curves are simplified into segmented arcs, giving rounds like C, O, and S a slightly notched, geometric feel. Uppercase forms are compact and upright-leaning with tall, tense verticals, while lowercase keeps a relatively straightforward structure with occasional idiosyncrasies (notably in k, r, and s) that reinforce its informal construction.
It works best for short-to-medium display settings where its angular texture can be appreciated—posters, headlines, logo wordmarks, packaging callouts, and entertainment-related graphics. In longer text, the jagged terminals and lively rhythm become more dominant, so generous size and leading help maintain readability.
The overall tone feels quirky and energetic, combining a casual handwritten spirit with a slightly retro, angular edge. Its sharp corners and forward motion suggest urgency and personality, making it feel expressive rather than polished or neutral.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick marker or brush lettering while imposing a distinctive faceted geometry for memorability. The combination of slant, condensed build, and clipped corners suggests a display face meant to feel handmade, spirited, and visually sharp.
Spacing and letterfit read as intentionally irregular, and the faceting introduces a distinctive sparkle in text, especially at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same clipped-corner logic, maintaining cohesion with the alphabet and preserving the quick, drawn-through momentum.