Solid Idty 10 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, game titles, event flyers, grunge, handmade, primitive, chaotic, pulp, distressed texture, handmade look, shock impact, lo-fi print, rough-edged, blobby, inked, chunky, uneven.
A bold, ink-heavy display face built from irregular, blob-like strokes and torn-looking edges. Letterforms are upright but highly inconsistent in width and contour, creating a deliberately unstable rhythm across words. Counters are frequently collapsed or fully filled, and many joins appear smeared or chipped, as if printed from a distressed stamp or painted with a loaded brush. The lowercase is compact with a short x-height and simple, partially closed shapes, while capitals feel chunky and monolithic with heavy terminals and minimal interior detail.
Best suited to short display settings where texture and attitude are the primary goal: posters, title cards, album or podcast artwork, game splash screens, and promotional flyers. It performs well when given generous size and spacing, and when paired with a cleaner companion typeface for supporting information.
The overall tone is raw and tactile, with a gritty, handmade energy that reads as rebellious and slightly ominous. Its messy texture and occluded interiors suggest lo-fi reproduction—like splattered ink, worn signage, or a horror-poster treatment—making it feel confrontational rather than refined.
The design appears intended to emulate rough, physical mark-making—somewhere between brush lettering and distressed stamping—while pushing legibility toward bold silhouettes and filled interiors. It prioritizes expressive texture and irregular rhythm to create a forceful, gritty display voice.
In running text, the filled counters and uneven widths reduce clarity quickly, but the strong silhouette and textured edges remain visually striking at larger sizes. The face favors gesture and atmosphere over precision, with a stamp-like consistency in its rough perimeter and solid massing.