Solid Sohy 9 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, titling, playful, retro, chunky, quirky, toy-like, high impact, graphic identity, playfulness, retro styling, iconic forms, geometric, stencil-like, notched, blocky, rounded.
A heavy, solid display face built from simplified geometric masses. Letters are predominantly monoline in feel, with broad rounded bowls and frequent triangular cut-ins and square bites that create a notched, stencil-like silhouette. Counters are often collapsed or reduced to small apertures, producing dense black shapes with distinctive internal rhythm. Terminals tend to be blunt and flat, and many glyphs mix curves with hard angles, yielding a deliberately irregular, constructed look across uppercase, lowercase, and figures.
This font performs best in large sizes where the notches and geometric construction remain clear—posters, headlines, event graphics, packaging, and short logotypes or wordmarks. It’s particularly effective when used sparingly as a graphic accent or for high-impact titles that benefit from strong silhouette recognition.
The overall tone is playful and retro-futuristic, with a toy-block boldness and a graphic, poster-like presence. The cut-in shapes add a mischievous, puzzle-piece character that feels suited to attention-grabbing, informal communication rather than refined text settings.
The design appears intended to maximize impact through bold, solid shapes while adding personality via carved-in notches and simplified counters. It aims for an illustrative, constructed aesthetic that reads as both geometric and intentionally irregular, prioritizing distinctive display character over continuous-text legibility.
Spacing and word color read as very dark and compact, with shapes that can visually merge at smaller sizes due to the minimized counters. The most recognizable identity comes from the recurring triangular notches and the solid, almost icon-like treatment of forms such as O, S, and the numerals.