Solid Tema 8 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, stickers, chunky, playful, retro, cartoon, attention-grabbing, playfulness, retro flair, graphic impact, rounded, blobby, soft-cornered, compact, ink-trap-like.
A heavy, blocky display face with rounded massing and irregular, chiseled-looking corners. Strokes are largely uniform and the counters are minimized, often collapsing into small notches or pinholes that read more as cuts than open interior space. The silhouettes lean on broad curves paired with abrupt chamfers, giving letters a carved, chunky texture and a lively, uneven rhythm in text. Uppercase and lowercase share similarly stout proportions, with a notably tall, robust lowercase presence that keeps lines visually dense.
Best suited to large-scale display settings such as posters, splashy headlines, packaging, and logo marks where its chunky silhouettes can be appreciated. It also works well for playful branding, event graphics, and short phrases, but will feel crowded and lose character at small sizes or in long passages.
The overall tone is bold and mischievous, with a toy-like, poster-friendly presence. Its softened geometry and collapsed interiors create a humorous, slightly vintage feel—more expressive than authoritative—suggesting novelty signage and attention-grabbing headlines.
The design appears intended to maximize visual impact through solid, simplified forms and eccentric cut-ins, creating a memorable, graphic texture. By compressing counters and emphasizing chunky curvature, it aims for a bold, novelty voice that stands out immediately in display typography.
Small apertures and pinched joins become defining features, so readability relies heavily on size and contrast. In continuous text the dense black shapes knit together, producing a strong “wall of type” effect with distinctive, quirky silhouettes.