Groovy Obry 2 is a very bold, very narrow, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, event promos, packaging, psychedelic, groovy, playful, retro, quirky, standout display, retro flavor, decorative texture, logo character, blobbed, bulbous, organic, ink-trap like, cut-in notches.
A condensed, heavy display face built from rounded, blobby stems and soft corners, with frequent pinched cut-ins that create keyhole-like counters and waist-like joins. The silhouette is highly sculpted: verticals often widen into capsule terminals and narrow through the middle, producing a strong black–white rhythm and an almost modular, stamped feel. Counters are small and sometimes teardrop or oval, and many letters feature distinctive internal voids that read as decorative apertures rather than purely functional shapes. Overall spacing appears tight and the texture is dense, with noticeable character-to-character irregularity that keeps the line lively.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, album or playlist artwork, festival and event promotions, and bold packaging statements. It can also work for logos or wordmarks when a funky, retro personality is desired, especially at sizes large enough to preserve the distinctive interior apertures.
The font carries a 60s–70s poster energy—whimsical, funky, and slightly surreal. Its exaggerated pinches and bubbly terminals feel theatrical and tongue-in-cheek, turning ordinary text into a visual motif. The tone is more playful and decorative than serious, with a strong sense of motion and personality.
The design appears intended to translate psychedelic-era display lettering into a consistent font system, emphasizing sculpted negative space, pinched joins, and bulbous terminals to create a memorable, decorative texture. Its forms prioritize character and visual rhythm over neutrality, aiming for immediate recognition and a strong retro mood.
Legibility holds best at larger sizes where the interior cut-ins and small counters remain open; in longer settings the dense black mass and idiosyncratic shapes can become visually busy. Numerals follow the same bulbous logic, with heavy silhouettes and tight internal openings that match the lettering’s novelty character.