Solid Leba 3 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids media, event flyers, playful, chunky, cartoon, retro, whimsical, bold impact, playful tone, novelty display, silhouette focus, rounded, blobby, soft-edged, heavy, quirky.
A chunky, soft-edged display face built from bulbous, simplified forms with gently rounded corners and occasional angular notches. Strokes are uniformly heavy with minimal modulation, and many counters are reduced to small cut-ins or appear collapsed, creating a solid, cutout-like silhouette. Proportions are broad with a tall x-height, and the rhythm is intentionally irregular—some letters lean more geometric while others show quirky bites and asymmetrical joints. Numerals and capitals follow the same heavy, sculpted logic, prioritizing silhouette clarity over interior detail.
This font suits short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, packaging, and playful branding where strong silhouettes are beneficial. It performs best at medium to large sizes, where the reduced interior openings remain legible and the characterful irregularities read as intentional texture.
The overall tone is friendly and humorous, with a toy-like, hand-cut feel that reads as intentionally quirky rather than precise. Its stout shapes and collapsed interiors give it a bold, poster-like presence that feels retro and cartoon-adjacent.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a friendly, irregular personality, using collapsed counters and chunky geometry to create a distinctive solid display look. It prioritizes bold silhouette recognition and a playful voice over conventional text readability.
Spacing in the sample text appears generous, helping prevent the dense silhouettes from merging at larger sizes. Distinctive cut-in details (notches and small apertures) serve as key identifiers for otherwise solid forms, especially in C/G/S and some lowercase characters.