Groovy Yapa 2 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, album covers, retro, playful, carnival, posterish, quirky, attention grab, retro flair, expressive display, compact titles, flared, wedged, condensed, high-waisted, bulbous.
A tightly condensed display face with heavy, sculpted strokes and pronounced flared terminals. Many stems swell and pinch, creating a wedged, almost woodtype-like silhouette, while counters stay compact and rounded. The rhythm is irregular in a controlled way: some joins and shoulders bulge, and several characters show subtle top/bottom foot-like endings that give the line a bouncing texture. Overall spacing is tight and the forms are vertically emphatic, producing strong dark color in words and headlines.
Best suited to short, prominent text where its condensed width and heavy presence can work as a graphic element—posters, headlines, signage, packaging, and retro-themed branding. It can also add character to album/film titles and event graphics, especially when set large with a bit of breathing room.
The letterforms evoke mid-century poster lettering with a showy, theatrical attitude. Its exaggerated verticality and flared ends read as upbeat and slightly eccentric, lending a groovy, novelty tone that feels at home in retro-inflected graphics and attention-grabbing titles.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality in minimal horizontal space, combining strong vertical proportions with flared, sculptural terminals for a distinctive display voice. Its irregular-but-consistent detailing suggests a focus on expressive impact over neutral readability.
Uppercase and lowercase share a consistent condensed DNA, with the lowercase carrying similarly hefty, stylized terminals that keep texture lively in longer strings. Numerals follow the same sculpted, flared logic, staying bold and legible in display settings while maintaining the font’s quirky personality.