Solid Soma 2 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, playful, retro, punchy, quirky, chunky, high impact, retro display, playful branding, modular geometry, geometric, blocky, rounded, notched, cutout.
A heavy, geometric display face built from blunt, modular forms with frequent circular and triangular components. Many glyphs feature deliberate bite-like notches and clipped corners that interrupt otherwise solid silhouettes, creating a stenciled/cutout rhythm. Curves are broadly rounded and bowl shapes tend toward near-circles, while joins and terminals stay flat and rectangular. Counters are minimized or collapse into small apertures, emphasizing solid mass and giving letters a compact, poster-like presence.
Best suited to large sizes where the distinctive cutout details and strong silhouettes can read clearly—headlines, posters, title cards, branding marks, and packaging. It can work for short bursts of text in energetic compositions, but the collapsed interiors and dense texture make it less appropriate for long-form reading.
The overall tone is playful and slightly mischievous, with a retro-futurist, toy-block personality. Its chunky shapes and repeated notches feel game-like and animated, projecting a bold, attention-grabbing voice rather than a formal one.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through solid, geometric mass while adding character via repeated notches and clipped shapes. The goal is a distinctive, decorative voice that feels both constructed and playful, tailored for display typography and branding.
Spacing and letterfit read as intentionally tight in text, with strong black coverage and frequent internal cut-ins that create texture across words. Numerals and capitals maintain the same modular logic, reinforcing a consistent, logo-forward system.