Solid Guby 3 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, stickers, playful, chunky, quirky, retro, cartoon, attention-grabbing, novelty display, cutout texture, graphic impact, blobby, soft-cornered, ink-trap-like, roughened, heavy.
A heavy, display-oriented sans with broad proportions and rounded, softened corners. Many counters are reduced or fully closed, leaving small, irregular notches and cut-ins that read like carved voids rather than open interior spaces. Strokes are generally uniform and compact, with a slightly uneven, hand-cut rhythm that shows in the nicks, teardrop-like apertures, and occasional wedge-shaped intrusions. Curves are full and bulbous (notably in O/C/G and numerals), while joins and terminals tend to be blunt and squared-off, creating a dense, poster-like silhouette.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings where the dense shapes and irregular cut-ins can be appreciated—posters, splashy headlines, logo marks, packaging fronts, and playful merchandise graphics. It works especially well when set large with generous spacing, where the closed counters don’t crowd into adjacent letters.
The overall tone is mischievous and toy-like, with a tactile, cutout quality that feels intentionally imperfect. Its filled-in interiors and chunky forms lend a bold, comic energy that can skew spooky-fun or vintage novelty depending on color and context.
The design appears intended as a bold novelty display face that prioritizes silhouette and texture over conventional counter structure. By collapsing interiors and adding small cutaway details, it creates a distinctive stamped/cutout look aimed at attention-grabbing, characterful typography.
Because the internal openings are frequently collapsed, character recognition relies on outer silhouettes and distinctive notches; this increases personality but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. The sample text shows strong texture and a lively, irregular sparkle where the interior nicks repeat across words.