Solid Anby 6 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, event flyers, horror titles, spooky, playful, handmade, gothic, quirky, themed display, hand-cut effect, silhouette impact, expressive texture, jagged, blobby, inked, rough-cut, high-impact.
A heavy, solid display face with irregular, hand-carved contours and largely closed counters that read as filled shapes rather than open bowls. Strokes swell and taper unpredictably, producing a chiseled silhouette with sharp notches, wedge terminals, and occasional blob-like masses. Proportions vary noticeably between glyphs, with compact forms, uneven widths, and a lively baseline rhythm that feels intentionally unpolished. The result is a dense, high-ink texture where letters behave more like cut paper or brush silhouettes than constructed typography.
Best suited to posters, book or film titles, game splash screens, seasonal promotions, and packaging that benefits from a quirky-dark or handmade aesthetic. It works well for short headlines and logo-like wordmarks where strong silhouettes and texture are desirable, and less well for long passages or information-dense layouts.
The font projects a mischievous, spooky tone—part Halloween poster, part storybook oddity. Its crude, inkblot irregularity suggests handmade craft and a hint of menace, while the rounded blobs keep it more playful than horrific. Overall, it feels theatrical and attention-grabbing, built for mood rather than neutrality.
The design appears intended to emulate a hand-cut or inked silhouette style, prioritizing expressive texture and character over regularized construction. By collapsing counters and exaggerating irregular terminals, it creates a distinctive, high-impact voice for themed display typography.
Legibility is strongest at headline sizes, where the distinctive silhouettes separate cleanly; at smaller sizes the collapsed interiors and uneven joins can reduce character recognition. Numerals and punctuation follow the same expressive, cutout logic, supporting cohesive titling and short bursts of text.