Groovy Obry 3 is a very bold, narrow, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, album art, packaging, logotypes, groovy, playful, retro, bubbly, cheeky, attention-grabbing, retro flavor, expressive display, playful branding, blobby, bulbous, wavy, soft-edged, cartoonish.
A heavy, soft-edged display face built from blobby vertical masses and pinched waist connections, creating a repeating “hourglass” rhythm through stems and bowls. Counters and joins are carved out with smooth, rounded cut-ins that vary in size and placement, producing a lively, uneven texture while keeping a consistent overall silhouette. The letterforms read as condensed and tall, with small interior openings and simplified terminals that favor bold shapes over fine detail.
Best used at display sizes where the sculpted counters and pinched joins remain clear—headlines, posters, event graphics, packaging, and short logotypes. It can also add character to editorial pull quotes or social graphics, but is less suited to long passages or small UI text due to its dense interiors and strong texture.
The style evokes a late-60s/70s poster sensibility—friendly, funky, and slightly surreal. Its inflated forms and quirky negative-space bites give it a comic, confectionary tone that feels upbeat and attention-seeking rather than formal.
The design appears aimed at delivering an instantly recognizable, groovy display voice through exaggerated, soft geometry and animated negative space. Its consistent motif across uppercase, lowercase, and figures suggests it was drawn to create a cohesive, high-impact typographic texture for expressive branding and retro-leaning titles.
Spacing and word color appear intentionally lumpy and rhythmic, with pronounced black dominance and occasional tight apertures that can close up at smaller sizes. The numerals echo the same pinched-and-bulb motif, maintaining strong consistency across the set.