Solid Yaba 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, futuristic, art deco, industrial, experimental, stencil, visual impact, pattern texture, silhouette readability, retro futurism, industrial feel, geometric, modular, segmented, angular, chunky.
A geometric display face built from heavy, monolithic shapes that are repeatedly cut by narrow vertical gaps, creating a segmented, stencil-like construction. Many counters are reduced or fully closed, so letters read as solid silhouettes with strategically placed slits and notches to preserve recognition. Curves are simple and circular where present (notably in C/O/Q and related forms), while many other glyphs rely on flat planes, straight sides, and clipped corners for a modular rhythm. Spacing and internal cut placement feel systematic, giving the alphabet a cohesive, engineered look despite the unconventional joins and collapsed interiors.
Best suited for large-scale display work where its segmented silhouettes can be appreciated—posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging, and album/film titles. It can also work as a short accent face for labels or UI hero text, but extended paragraphs will typically benefit from generous tracking and line spacing.
The segmented solids evoke an industrial, machine-made mood with a strong retro-futurist/Art Deco flavor. It reads as bold, graphic, and slightly cryptic—more about impact and texture than conventional readability. The repeated vertical slicing adds a sense of motion and signal-like patterning, lending an experimental, poster-forward character.
The design appears intended to deliver a striking, solid word-image through geometric construction and repeated vertical cuts, producing a stencil-like, engineered texture. By collapsing interiors and emphasizing silhouette recognition, it prioritizes graphic impact and a distinctive retro-futurist presence over conventional text clarity.
In text, the closed counters and frequent internal slits can make dense setting feel visually busy, especially where adjacent vertical cuts align and form strong striping. The distinctive silhouette-driven approach keeps letters identifiable at display sizes, while punctuation and narrow characters inherit the same cut-and-block logic for consistent texture.