Solid Telo 2 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, stickers, playful, quirky, chunky, retro, cartoon, maximum impact, graphic branding, playful display, retro appeal, novelty styling, rounded, blocky, soft corners, stencil cuts, notched.
A heavy, rounded display face built from chunky geometric forms and softened corners. Counters are frequently reduced or collapsed, creating solid silhouettes with occasional teardrop and wedge-shaped cut-ins that act like stencil breaks. Strokes appear broadly consistent in weight, with wide bowls, short joins, and a compact, low-detail construction that favors mass over precision. The rhythm is slightly irregular from glyph to glyph due to the varied cutouts and notches, which gives the alphabet a handmade, sculpted feel while maintaining clear baseline alignment and straightforward upright posture.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, logos, packaging, and bold promotional graphics where the solid silhouettes can dominate the layout. It can also work for playful labels and merch applications, especially when set large with comfortable spacing to preserve character definition.
The overall tone is bold and playful, with a cheeky, cartoonish energy that feels at home in retro-leaning graphics and attention-grabbing headlines. Its solid shapes and quirky internal cuts create a friendly, toy-like presence that reads more as characterful branding than neutral text typography.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through solid, simplified forms and deliberately collapsed interiors, using stencil-like cutouts to add personality and differentiation. It prioritizes graphic presence and memorability over extended text readability, aiming for a distinctive display voice.
Legibility is strongest at larger sizes where the distinctive notches and collapsed interiors read as intentional stylization rather than missing detail. Numerals match the same chunky, cut-in language, and the face holds together best with generous tracking and ample line spacing to keep dense shapes from visually merging.