Solid Anne 5 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, event flyers, playful, grungy, cartoonish, mischievous, handmade, attention, humor, texture, novelty, chunky, textured, irregular, wobbly, impactful.
A chunky display face with heavy, rounded forms and irregular, hand-cut contours. Letter shapes feel loosely constructed with uneven curves, flattened terminals, and occasional angular nicks that create a lively, imperfect silhouette. Many glyphs include small internal cutouts and distressed “bite” marks that add texture, while counters are often simplified or partially collapsed, increasing the overall mass. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving words a bouncy, collage-like rhythm.
Best suited for short, bold statements in posters, titles, packaging callouts, and playful branding moments where texture and personality are desired. It performs well at display sizes where the interior distressing can be appreciated, and it’s effective for youth-oriented, comic, or novelty-driven layouts.
The overall tone is playful and slightly rebellious, combining a cartoon sensibility with a distressed, DIY edge. The chipped interiors and wobbly outlines suggest something messy, humorous, and energetic rather than refined or formal.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a quirky, handcrafted feel, using irregular outlines and distressed interior cutouts to create a distinctive, stamped or cut-paper look. Its simplified counters and variable widths prioritize character and immediacy over neutrality.
The texture is built into the letterforms (not just edge roughness), so it remains visible at larger sizes and can become noisy when reduced. The numerals and capitals have especially strong presence, making the style read as poster-forward and attention grabbing.