Solid Anvi 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, event promo, playful, retro, expressive, quirky, theatrical, attention grab, retro flavor, handmade feel, quirky display, condensed, swashy, rounded, organic, calligraphic.
A condensed, right-slanted display face with lively, calligraphic construction and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes taper sharply into wedge-like terminals, with a springy baseline rhythm and occasional swash-like entry/exit strokes. Several counters are intentionally reduced or fully closed, producing bold, teardrop and pill-shaped masses in letters like a, e, o, p, and q, while other glyphs retain thin, open curves and airy joins. The overall texture alternates between delicate hairlines and solid blobs, creating an uneven but intentional color across words and lines.
Best suited to short, prominent settings where the silhouette and contrast can be appreciated—posters, headlines, storefront-style graphics, packaging, and punchy event or entertainment promotions. It can also work for wordmarks and titles when used at generous sizes with ample spacing, while long passages will feel busy due to the alternating heavy blobs and hairlines.
The font reads as mischievous and attention-seeking, mixing elegance with cartoonish punch. Its exaggerated contrasts and collapsed interiors give it a cheeky, retro showroom feel—part signpainter, part novelty headline. The rhythm feels fast and slightly unpredictable, which adds personality and motion.
The design appears aimed at delivering a memorable, stylized italic voice by combining condensed proportions with high-contrast, brushlike strokes and selectively collapsed counters. The result prioritizes character and punch over neutrality, offering a distinctive display texture that stands out immediately in branding and titling contexts.
Distinctive closed-counter forms become visual anchors within text, especially in repeated rounds and bowls. Capitals are narrow and upright in footprint but remain fluid and rounded in finish, while lowercase letters lean more heavily into cursive-like movement. Numerals follow the same logic, with simplified shapes and occasional filled interiors that prioritize silhouette over conventional readability at small sizes.