Best way to reach a shaded/3d look

[scooby4]

Basically I want to figure out how to get from a standard light weight typeface to shaded one, like in the example attached.

Thanks!!

[mekkablue (Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer)]

There was a recent discussion about this:
https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/block-shadow-effect/8512/9