Solid Anpo 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids media, branding, playful, quirky, cartoon, handmade, friendly, whimsy, informality, attention, handmade feel, cartoon tone, blobby, rounded, chunky, bouncy, irregular.
A chunky, rounded display face with heavy, blobby strokes and softly tapered terminals. Curves dominate the construction, with uneven stroke transitions and slightly wobbly contours that create an intentionally irregular rhythm. Counters are frequently reduced or partially collapsed, producing dense, solid shapes in letters like B, D, O, P, and 8; where openings remain, they tend to be small and teardrop-like. The lowercase shows a tall x-height and compact internal spaces, while widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the informal, hand-cut feel.
Best used for short display settings such as posters, playful branding, packaging, event titles, and children’s materials where a bold, friendly personality is desired. It can also work for stickers, merch, and social graphics, especially when set with generous spacing to keep the dense forms from crowding.
The overall tone is playful and offbeat, reading as cartoonish and kid-friendly rather than formal or technical. Its lumpy silhouettes and squeezed counters give it a mischievous, homemade charm that feels suited to humorous or whimsical messaging.
The letterforms appear designed to prioritize a fun, novelty impact through rounded massing and deliberately imperfect contours, evoking hand-drawn or cutout signage. The collapsed counters and compact apertures reinforce a solid, punchy texture intended to stand out in attention-grabbing display applications.
The design relies on silhouette recognition more than interior detail, so character differentiation is driven by outer shapes and distinctive hooks (notably in J, Q, R, and the numerals). At smaller sizes the closed apertures and dense interiors may visually fill in, while larger sizes emphasize the lively, uneven texture.