Solid Tesu 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, children’s media, playful, chunky, quirky, retro, cartoon, bold impact, playful display, handmade feel, retro charm, rounded, soft corners, blobby, organic, uneven.
A heavy, soft-edged display face built from compact, rounded blocks with irregular contouring. Strokes are largely monoline in feel, but the outlines wobble slightly, creating a handmade, cutout-like silhouette. Counters are mostly closed or reduced to small notches, giving letters a solid, inked-in mass and a strong, poster-friendly presence. Spacing appears generous and shapes vary subtly in width and balance, adding an intentionally uneven rhythm across words and lines.
Best suited to large sizes where its silhouettes and soft corners can read clearly—posters, headlines, product packaging, stickers, and playful branding. It can also work for short bursts of copy (titles, taglines, social graphics), where its strong massing adds instant impact.
The overall tone is bold and humorous, with a friendly, low-stakes energy that reads as cartoonish and retro. Its lumpy geometry and collapsed interiors make it feel more like stamped shapes than conventional type, emphasizing personality over precision.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a playful, irregular texture, prioritizing bold shape and character over internal articulation. By minimizing counters and leaning on rounded, blobby forms, it aims for a solid, punchy look that feels handmade and fun.
In text, the dense fills and minimal internal detail increase visual texture and can make similar forms rely on outer silhouettes for differentiation. The font’s uneven sidebearings and bouncy outlines contribute to a lively word shape, but also create a deliberately rough, non-uniform cadence.