Solid Esji 2 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, stickers, playful, punchy, handmade, retro, cheeky, expressiveness, impact, informality, hand-lettered, graphic color, brushy, rounded, blobby, compact, dynamic.
A heavy, slanted brush-script display with compact proportions and a strongly filled-in look. Strokes are rounded and swollen, with soft terminals and frequent joins that merge counters into solid forms, producing dense silhouettes and occasional teardrop-like openings. The rhythm is lively and irregular, with uneven stroke widths, quick curves, and a slightly bouncy baseline feel; letterforms remain readable but lean heavily into gesture over precision.
Well-suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, event titles, brand marks, packaging callouts, and sticker-style graphics. It also works for social media headlines and merchandise where a bold, hand-lettered voice is desired, but it is less appropriate for body copy or small UI text due to its dense interiors.
The font projects an energetic, informal tone—confident, loud, and slightly mischievous. Its thick, inky shapes evoke marker or brush lettering used for bold statements, giving it a friendly, retro-leaning charm that feels handmade rather than engineered.
The design intent appears to be a maximal, brushy display face that prioritizes personality and visual weight. By compressing counters and emphasizing rounded, connected strokes, it aims to create a solid, graphic word shape that reads quickly and feels handmade and expressive.
Because many internal spaces are reduced or collapsed, small sizes and long passages can darken quickly; it performs best when given room to breathe and set with generous tracking. Numerals and capitals share the same bold, rounded, slanted logic, keeping a consistent, poster-like color across mixed content.