Groovy Ulbo 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, stickers, playful, retro, whimsical, funky, cartoonish, expressiveness, retro flavor, friendly impact, headline punch, bubbly, chunky, hand-drawn, wobbly, soft-edged.
A heavy, soft-cornered display face with irregular, hand-cut-looking contours and a gently wobbling baseline feel. Strokes are thick and rounded with occasional angular nicks, giving letters an organic, carved silhouette rather than a smooth geometric build. Counters tend to be compact and unevenly shaped, and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating a lively rhythm in words. The lowercase is simple and sturdy with single-storey forms, round i-dots, and generally closed, chunky apertures that emphasize mass over fine detail.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, event flyers, playful brand marks, product packaging, and kid-oriented or entertainment graphics. It can also work for social media graphics and editorial feature headers where a bold, characterful voice is needed more than quiet readability at small sizes.
The overall tone is buoyant and mischievous, with a retro novelty energy that reads friendly rather than formal. Its uneven edges and bouncy proportions suggest handmade signage and playful 60s–70s inspired display lettering, ideal for designs aiming for charm, humor, or lighthearted attitude.
The design appears intended to deliver an expressive, retro-leaning display voice with an intentionally imperfect, hand-made feel. Its goal is to add personality and motion to headlines through chunky forms, variable widths, and soft, irregular edges that stand out strongly in black-on-white applications.
In longer lines, the strong texture comes from the alternating narrow and wide letterforms and the subtly shifting verticals, which produces a deliberately imperfect, animated color. Numerals match the same chunky, rounded construction and feel more illustrative than utilitarian, reinforcing a headline-first personality.