Solid Andi 9 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, poster headlines, game graphics, album art, spooky, punk, chaotic, handmade, aggressive, shock value, handmade feel, horror mood, headline impact, grunge texture, jagged, angular, blobby, inked, tapered.
A heavily stylized, slanted display face with irregular, hand-cut contours and pronounced thick–thin behavior. Strokes swing between dense, blob-like masses and razor-tapered spikes, creating a lively, uneven rhythm and frequent asymmetry. Counters are often reduced to small pinholes or appear partially collapsed, while terminals tend to end in sharp points or abrupt, chiseled stops. Spacing and character widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an improvised, cutout/brush-ink silhouette more than a systematic text construction.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as horror or thriller titles, Halloween promotions, posters, game UI splash screens, and band/album artwork. It works well when scale and contrast can preserve its pointed details; for extended reading or small sizes, its collapsed counters and irregular spacing can become visually noisy.
The overall tone is mischievous and menacing, with a horror-comic energy that feels gritty and DIY. Its spiky gestures and inky blobs suggest danger, urgency, and a slightly playful macabre attitude rather than polished elegance.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, irregular headline voice that mimics rough brush or cut-paper lettering, prioritizing attitude and silhouette over typographic neutrality. It aims to create immediate atmosphere—edgy, ominous, and handmade—while remaining recognizable as a Latin alphabet in display contexts.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same unruly DNA, with many forms leaning into exaggerated diagonals and wedge-like joins. The numerals follow the same jagged, ink-blot logic, reading as expressive shapes first and conventional figures second, which increases character but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes.