Solid Boby 8 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, album covers, game ui, futuristic, technical, geometric, experimental, industrial, experimental display, tech aesthetic, sci‑fi branding, geometric system, glitch contrast, octagonal, chamfered, wireframe, stencil-like, angular.
This typeface combines hairline, monoline construction with occasional heavy, solid segments that collapse counters into flat black shapes. Forms are predominantly geometric and angular, with frequent chamfered (octagonal) corners and straight terminals, giving many round letters a faceted outline. Curves are minimized; bowls and rounds are implied through clipped diagonals, while stems are slender and consistent in stroke. Spacing and proportions feel deliberately uneven from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an irregular rhythm while maintaining a coherent, constructed system.
Best suited for short display settings where its faceted geometry and alternating solid/outline behavior can be appreciated—headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging accents, and sci‑fi or tech-themed graphics. It can also work for interface titles or game UI labels when set with ample size and spacing, while long text will feel intentionally restless due to the irregular rhythm.
The overall tone is futuristic and technical, with a schematic, instrument-panel feel tempered by playful disruption from the filled-in blocks. The mixture of airy wireframe strokes and abrupt solid masses creates a glitchy, experimental personality that reads as sci‑fi, industrial, and slightly cryptic.
The design appears intended to explore contrast between skeletal, wireframe letter construction and counterless, filled-in interruptions, producing a constructed yet unpredictable visual system. By relying on chamfered geometry and selective occlusion, it aims for a futuristic display voice that remains highly distinctive across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Many letters show a consistent use of straight-sided geometry and clipped corners, and several glyphs introduce asymmetric filled areas that act like built-in emphasis or occlusion. Numerals follow the same faceted logic, keeping a crisp, engineered silhouette that stays distinctive even at small sizes, though the thinnest strokes will benefit from sufficient contrast and size in use.