Solid Tyve 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, event flyers, industrial, brutalist, arcade, stencil, mechanical, maximum impact, industrial feel, futuristic tone, stencil effect, title emphasis, blocky, angular, chamfered, notched, segmented.
A heavy, block-constructed display face built from rectangular masses with chamfered outer corners and frequent notches. Interior counters are largely collapsed, leaving only thin vertical or horizontal slits that read like stencil cuts; this creates an almost solid silhouette across most letters. Strokes are straight and geometric with minimal curvature, and the overall rhythm is dense and tightly packed, especially in text where dark bands form along the baseline and cap line. Numerals and capitals share the same squared, segmented construction, while lowercase echoes the uppercase structure with similarly reduced internal openings.
Best suited to large-scale display work such as posters, headlines, game or tech titles, logos, and packaging where its dense silhouettes and stencil-like cuts can be appreciated. It can also work for short, punchy statements or branding accents, but is less appropriate for small text or information-heavy settings due to the intentionally reduced counters.
The font communicates a rugged, utilitarian energy with a futuristic, arcade-like edge. Its near-solid fills and cut-in details suggest machinery, warning labels, and engineered components, giving it a bold, imposing voice that feels intentionally uncompromising.
The design appears intended to maximize visual weight and presence through near-solid letterforms while preserving character recognition with systematic slits and corner chamfers. Its modular, engineered construction points to a deliberate blend of industrial signage cues and retro-futuristic display typography.
Because counters are minimized, many glyphs rely on distinctive edge cuts and internal slits for identification, which increases visual impact but reduces clarity at smaller sizes or in long passages. The strong rectangular proportions and repeated notches create a consistent, modular texture that reads best when given space and scale.