Solid Gule 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, stickers, playful, quirky, chunky, retro, hand-cut, high impact, quirky display, handmade feel, silhouette focus, soft corners, blobby, uneven rhythm, notched, compact counters.
A heavy, solid display face with rounded, blobby contours and frequent notches and bite-like cut-ins that interrupt otherwise simple geometric forms. Many counters are reduced or fully collapsed, producing dense silhouettes and a strong poster-like color on the page. Stroke terminals tend to be softly squared or rounded, with occasional angular wedges (notably in diagonals) that add irregularity. Proportions are inconsistent by design—some letters feel wide and padded while others are compact—creating a lively, uneven rhythm across words.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headline treatments, logos, packaging callouts, and playful branding. It works well when you want a dense, graphic texture and a handmade irregularity, especially in large settings where the notches and collapsed counters become a deliberate visual feature.
The overall tone is playful and slightly mischievous, like cut-paper lettering or a handmade sign rendered in thick marker and then carved back. Its irregular nicks and filled-in openings give it a cartoonish, novelty character that reads as retro and attention-seeking rather than refined or technical.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through solid massing and intentionally quirky, carved-out details. By collapsing many interior openings and varying widths and shapes, it emphasizes silhouette and personality over neutrality, aiming for bold, memorable display typography.
Legibility is strongest at larger sizes where the distinctive silhouettes separate clearly; at smaller sizes, the collapsed counters and tight interior spaces can make characters like O/0 and other round forms feel similar. Numerals and lowercase share the same chunky, sculpted feel, with an especially bold, graphic presence in rounded shapes.