Solid Bote 1 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, logotypes, headlines, packaging, titles, art deco, retro, playful, quirky, stylized, distinctive silhouette, retro styling, graphic texture, decorative display, geometric, monoline, rounded corners, stenciled, ink-trap like.
A condensed, monoline display face built from tall verticals, rounded corners, and soft U-shaped curves. Many letters feature dramatic, collapsed counters and occasional solid teardrop/oval fills that read like plugs or inline blobs, creating a distinct figure–ground rhythm. Strokes stay largely even, with simplified joins and a modular feel; some forms introduce slit-like apertures and partial breaks that give a stencil-adjacent impression. The overall construction is clean and controlled but intentionally idiosyncratic, with alternating open and filled interior spaces that become a primary design motif.
Works best in headlines, titles, and logo/wordmark situations where the distinctive counter treatment can read clearly. It can add character to packaging, event graphics, and editorial display callouts, especially at medium to large sizes with generous tracking and line spacing.
The tone is retro-futurist and theatrical, mixing Art Deco elegance with a cheeky, experimental twist. The filled counters and vertical emphasis give it a poster-ready punch, while the rounded geometry keeps it friendly rather than severe. It feels suited to whimsical, slightly mysterious branding where letterforms are meant to be noticed as shapes, not just read.
The design appears intended to reinterpret geometric display lettering through a signature counter-fill device, turning traditional openings into bold graphic elements. By combining narrow proportions, rounded terminals, and selectively collapsed interiors, it aims to create a memorable, high-contrast-in-shape silhouette that stands out in branding and poster applications.
In text settings, the repeated filled bowls and tight apertures create strong patterning and can reduce legibility at smaller sizes, especially in dense lines. Numerals and capitals carry the same vertical, condensed logic, making the face visually consistent for short runs where a unified texture matters more than neutral readability.