Solid Koba 2 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, playful, retro, chunky, quirky, graphic, impact, iconic forms, stylized display, retro flavor, playfulness, geometric, rounded, notched, stencil-like, display.
A heavy, geometric display face built from blunt circles, half-circles, and triangular cuts, creating frequent notches and clipped terminals. Counters are often reduced or fully collapsed, so many letters read as solid silhouettes with only minimal openings. The construction feels modular and shape-driven, with a mix of rounded bowls and sharp wedges that produces a slightly irregular rhythm from glyph to glyph. Lowercase forms are compact and simplified, with single-storey a and g, a narrow r, and dot-like i/j tittle treatment, all maintaining the same dense, poster-ready color.
Best suited for large-scale display settings where the solid silhouettes and notched geometry can be appreciated—posters, headlines, branding marks, and packaging. It also works well for short, energetic phrases in entertainment or youth-oriented design, while dense paragraphs and small sizes may lose character detail due to the collapsed counters.
The tone is bold and cheeky, leaning into a mid-century/arcade-like playfulness where letters feel like icons as much as text. Its exaggerated solidity and cutout geometry give it a toy-block energy that reads as friendly, loud, and attention-seeking rather than formal.
The design appears intended to maximize visual impact through solid massing and simple, memorable geometry, using cutouts and notches to create character without relying on interior counters. It prioritizes graphic presence and stylistic distinctiveness over conventional text readability.
Distinctive triangular bite-outs (notably in C, G, and several diagonals) act as a signature motif and help differentiate otherwise solid shapes. Numerals follow the same silhouette logic, with simplified, high-impact forms and minimal interior detail, emphasizing graphic readability at larger sizes.