Solid Gubo 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'CF Asty' by Fonts.GR; 'Avenir Next Arabic', 'Avenir Next Cyrillic', 'Avenir Next Georgian', 'Avenir Next Hebrew', 'Avenir Next Thai', and 'Avenir Next World' by Linotype; and 'Glot Round' by Wordshape (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, stickers, playful, chunky, cartoonish, quirky, friendly, impact, whimsy, handmade, attention, boldness, rounded, blobby, soft corners, organic, heavy black.
This font is built from oversized, rounded forms with soft corners and subtly irregular, hand-cut edges. Strokes are thick and compact, giving many letters a solid, poster-like silhouette where counters and apertures are small or nearly collapsed. Curves dominate over straight segments, with occasional squared-off terminals and notches that add a slightly rough, tactile texture. The overall rhythm is bouncy and uneven in a controlled way, emphasizing mass and shape over delicate detail.
It works best for short, high-impact display typography such as posters, event titles, packaging callouts, stickers, and playful branding. The heavy silhouettes and minimal interior openings favor large sizes, where the chunky contours and quirky edges remain clear and expressive.
The tone is bold and humorous, with a friendly, cartoon-like presence that feels informal and attention-seeking. Its softened geometry and intentionally imperfect edges suggest a handmade or cut-paper sensibility, creating an approachable, quirky personality rather than a polished corporate voice.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a playful, imperfect charm—prioritizing bold silhouette recognition and a fun, novelty voice. By compressing interior space and leaning into rounded, cutout-like shapes, it aims to create a striking, graphic texture for display use.
At text sizes the dense interiors and reduced counters can make similar shapes (e.g., rounded letters and numerals) rely heavily on their outer silhouettes for differentiation. In display settings the distinctive blobby contours and occasional edge irregularities read as a deliberate stylistic feature and become a key part of the texture.