Solid Tese 3 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, chunky, playful, retro, industrial, toy-like, maximum impact, distinctive branding, graphic texture, retro display, compact silhouettes, rounded corners, blocky, geometric, stencil-like, ink-trap cuts.
A heavy, block-built display face with soft, rounded outer corners and predominantly squared, rectilinear construction. Many letters use collapsed counters or slit-like apertures, creating a largely solid silhouette with occasional narrow cut-ins that read like stencil breaks or ink-trap notches. Curves are simplified into broad rounds (notably in C/G/O/Q), while verticals and horizontals stay stout and uniform, producing a strong, poster-ready texture. Lowercase forms echo the same chunky logic, with simplified bowls and short, assertive terminals; numerals follow suit with compact, cut-in detailing and closed interiors.
Best used at display sizes where its solid silhouettes and narrow cut-ins remain legible and contribute to the visual identity. It suits bold headlines, branding marks, poster typography, packaging panels, and short signage phrases where a compact, high-impact texture is desirable.
The overall tone is bold and attention-grabbing with a playful, slightly eccentric edge. Its softened corners keep it friendly, while the filled-in interiors and cut-in slits give it a rugged, industrial, almost toy-block feel. The result suggests a retro display sensibility suited to punchy, graphic communication rather than quiet text.
The design appears intended to maximize visual weight and presence while maintaining a friendly, rounded profile. By collapsing counters and introducing small, deliberate breaks, it creates a distinctive novelty voice that reads as graphic, modular, and memorable in branding-led typography.
The dense letterforms and minimized openings make internal distinctions rely on exterior silhouettes and the placement of narrow cuts, which can increase the font’s graphic impact while reducing clarity at small sizes. The sample text shows a strong, uniform “black” across lines, with distinctive shapes for G, Q, S, and the numerals created by the same notch-and-slab vocabulary.