Solid Bohy 3 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, headlines, packaging, album art, playful, quirky, modernist, whimsical, graphic, counter collapse, built-in emphasis, display novelty, graphic contrast, monoline, geometric, rounded, high-contrast spots, inky counters.
A monoline, geometric sans with very thin strokes and generous interior space, punctuated by occasional bold, fully filled bowls that collapse counters into solid shapes. Curves are clean and circular, terminals tend toward simple, abrupt endings, and joins stay crisp, giving the set a precise underlying construction. Proportions are compact and tall with a consistent vertical stance, while a few characters introduce eccentric details—most notably the heavy, blob-like forms in some rounded letters and figures—creating an intentionally uneven rhythm between airy linework and dense solids.
Best suited to display contexts where its alternating outline-and-solid behavior can be appreciated: posters, headlines, branding moments, packaging, and editorial feature titles. It can also work for short UI or label text when a distinctive, art-directed voice is desired, but the irregular texture suggests restraint for long-form reading.
The mix of hairline outlines with sudden black, opaque forms gives the font a mischievous, experimental tone. It reads as playful and design-forward, with a slightly surreal “cutout/inkblot” character that feels at home in contemporary visual identities and poster-like settings.
This design appears aimed at subverting a clean geometric sans skeleton with selective counter collapse and solidified bowls, creating surprise and emphasis without changing the overall stroke weight. The result is a controlled novelty display face that balances minimal line geometry with bold, graphic interruptions.
In running text, the alternating light strokes and occasional solid glyphs create strong visual accents that can act like built-in emphasis, but also produce a deliberately irregular texture. The numeral set mirrors the same idea, pairing slender linear constructions with select figures rendered as dense, rounded masses.