Solid Anwy 9 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event titles, art deco, playful, mysterious, theatrical, retro, attention grabbing, retro styling, characterful texture, poster impact, decorative branding, geometric, stencil-like, ink-trap, cutout, ornamental.
A heavy, display-oriented alphabet built from simple geometric masses—discs, wedges, and thick verticals—punctuated by deliberate cut-ins and notches that often collapse counters into solid forms. Many letters use circular bowls and straight-sided stems with sharp terminals, while interior detailing appears as small slits, teardrop holes, or stripe-like insets that read as stencil cuts or ink-trap shapes. Widths vary noticeably from condensed verticals to broad round characters, giving the line a bouncy, irregular rhythm while maintaining a consistent, flat-black silhouette overall.
Best suited to large-size display settings such as posters, packaging fronts, album/film titles, and event branding where its solid shapes and quirky internal cuts can be appreciated. It works well for short phrases, wordmarks, and thematic headings, especially in retro or theatrical visual systems.
The font projects a retro show-card energy with a slightly eerie, cartoonish twist, as if drawn for a dramatic poster or title treatment. Its filled counters and mask-like openings add a sense of mystery and mischief, while the crisp geometry keeps the tone graphic and intentional rather than rough.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a compact, poster-ready silhouette while adding character through collapsed counters and decorative cutouts. The mix of geometric construction and irregular detailing suggests a novelty display face aimed at memorable titles rather than extended reading.
In text, the dense silhouettes create strong texture and high visual presence, but the collapsed interiors and decorative cutouts can reduce legibility at small sizes. The most distinctive personality comes from the recurring circular motifs (notably in O/Q and several numerals) and the repeated internal notches that unify the set.