Shadow Sojy 3 is a light, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, logotypes, game titles, gothic, industrial, esoteric, dramatic, edgy, modern blackletter, decorative impact, depth illusion, atmospheric branding, angular, geometric, chiseled, faceted, stencil-like.
A tall, condensed display face built from straight, segmented strokes with sharp chamfered corners and occasional triangular notches. Many forms show deliberate breaks and cut-ins, creating a lightly “hollowed” feel and a crisp, mechanical rhythm. Curves are minimized and squared-off, with pointed terminals and a consistent, monoline-like stroke presence. Capitals are especially rigid and architectural, while the lowercase keeps the same faceted construction and compact proportions, producing a tight, vertical texture in text.
Best suited to display applications where its faceted construction can read clearly—headlines, titles, logotypes, packaging, and event or entertainment posters. It pairs well with dark themes and high-contrast layouts, and can work as a stylistic accent alongside a simpler text face for longer reading.
The overall tone is gothic-industrial: severe, ritualistic, and slightly menacing, with a crafted, forged-in-metal character. The angular cuts and shadow-like detailing give it a dramatic, poster-ready voice that feels archaic yet synthetic.
The design appears intended to reinterpret blackletter-like presence through a geometric, cut-metal drawing style, using internal cutouts and shadowed details to add depth without increasing stroke weight. Its narrow, vertical stance and repeatable angular motifs suggest a focus on impactful branding and title typography rather than neutral body text.
In continuous text the distinctive notches and fractured joins become a repeating texture, so readability is strongest at larger sizes and in short bursts. Numerals follow the same chiseled logic, with squared counters and cut corner accents that keep them visually consistent with the caps.