Solid Bohy 2 is a very light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album art, playful, quirky, retro, artful, whimsical, visual contrast, graphic texture, statement display, playful branding, monoline, geometric, stylized, rounded, idiosyncratic.
This typeface pairs extremely thin, monoline strokes with intermittent “solid” letterforms where bowls and counters collapse into bold, rounded masses. Geometry leads the construction—many curves read as near-circular and terminals are clean and precise—while proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph for an intentionally irregular rhythm. Uppercase forms are simplified and airy (notably E/F/H/I/L), contrasted by heavy, blob-like B/D/O/P/Q and similarly weight-shifted lowercase a/b/d/e/g/o/p/q. The result is a high-contrast-in-practice texture across words, created less by stroke modulation and more by alternating outline-thin and filled shapes. Numerals follow the same logic, mixing hairline constructions with fully filled figures that become strong punctuation points in a line.
Best suited for display applications where its alternating solid-and-hairline rhythm can be appreciated: posters, editorial headlines, brand marks, packaging, and album or event graphics. It can also work for short UI labels or section headers when a playful, high-personality accent is desired, especially at larger sizes.
The overall tone feels playful and unconventional, mixing delicate wireframe letterforms with bold, ink-spot solids. It suggests a retro-futurist or art-poster sensibility—graphic, surprising, and slightly mischievous—where the shifting weight becomes part of the visual voice rather than a neutral reading texture.
The design appears intended as a novelty display face that subverts consistent stroke logic by interleaving ultra-light outlines with collapsed, solid counters. This creates an immediate, graphic signature and a memorable texture in words, prioritizing visual personality and pattern over typographic neutrality.
In running text, the filled glyphs create a pronounced beat that can read like intentional highlighting or rhythmic emphasis. Spacing appears relatively open, helping the thin strokes stay legible while giving the solid forms room to breathe; the distinctive alternation makes the font more suited to short, curated phrases than dense paragraphs.