Groovy Mura 2 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, event flyers, packaging, playful, retro, psychedelic, whimsical, funky, retro vibe, expressive display, playful branding, era reference, blobby, curvy, bulbous, soft terminals, flared strokes.
A heavy, display-oriented face built from swelling strokes and pinched joints, creating a lively in-and-out rhythm along stems and curves. Forms are rounded and ink-trap-like in places, with teardrop terminals and soft, scooped notches that give counters a blobby, organic feel. Proportions are slightly irregular by design: widths vary noticeably across letters, and joins often narrow before ballooning outward, producing a fluid, hand-shaped silhouette while staying consistently upright. Numerals and capitals carry the same sculpted flare, with pronounced bowls and tapered waists that emphasize the font’s bouncy texture in lines of text.
Best suited to display applications where the sculpted stroke modulation can be appreciated: posters, headlines, album and festival graphics, playful packaging, and retro-themed branding. It can work for short blurbs or pull quotes, but is most effective when given generous size and spacing so the blobby counters and pinched joins remain clear.
The overall tone is exuberant and nostalgic, channeling a late-60s/70s poster sensibility with a friendly, slightly mischievous personality. Its wavy swelling and pinched transitions read as groovy and theatrical rather than formal, making the text feel animated and musical.
The design appears intended to evoke a groovy, era-referential mood through exaggerated swelling strokes and soft, rounded terminals, prioritizing character and visual rhythm over neutrality. The consistent upright structure keeps it readable as a novelty display face while letting the organic modulation supply the personality.
In longer settings the strong interior shaping and tight pinch points create a distinctive pattern that can get visually busy at small sizes, while medium-to-large sizes showcase the playful modulation and chunky silhouettes best. The lowercase has a particularly bubbly, storybook-like cadence that pairs well with the expressive capitals.