Solid Guru 2 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, kids media, playful, goofy, retro, cartoony, chunky, attention grab, humor, retro charm, childlike tone, bold branding, soft corners, wavy, blobby, bouncy, compact counters.
A heavy, rounded display face with irregular, wavy outlines and a deliberately uneven rhythm. Strokes are thick and compact, with soft corners and subtle swelling that makes verticals and horizontals feel hand-shaped rather than mechanically drawn. Counters and apertures are tight and sometimes partially closed, giving many letters a solid, plugged look; the overall texture reads as dense black shapes with small interior breathing spaces. Proportions are wide and squat, with broad shoulders and bulbous terminals, and spacing feels generous enough to keep the dark forms from clumping in words.
Best suited for headline-driven applications where impact and personality matter: posters, event titles, playful branding, packaging, stickers, and short social graphics. It can work for logo wordmarks and product names that want a bold, comic, retro-leaning presence, while longer passages should be kept brief and generously sized for clarity.
The font projects a humorous, lighthearted tone—cartoonish and slightly mischievous—like classic toy packaging or comedic headlines. Its wobbly silhouettes and chunky massing create a friendly, informal voice that leans nostalgic and attention-grabbing rather than refined.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch with a deliberately imperfect, hand-molded feel. By tightening counters and exaggerating width and softness, it emphasizes silhouette and humor over neutral readability, aiming for an instantly recognizable novelty display voice.
In running text, the strong color and irregular contours create lively word shapes, but the tight counters and heavy ink gain suggest it benefits from larger sizes and shorter lines. Numerals match the same blobby, softened construction, maintaining the playful, poster-like consistency across the set.