Solid Gufa 2 is a very bold, very wide, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, event promos, playful, comic, chunky, retro, rowdy, attention grab, humor, handmade, impact display, expressive texture, slanted, bulbous, blobby, quirky, wedge-cut.
A heavy, right-slanted display face with swollen, blocky silhouettes and uneven, hand-cut edge behavior. Strokes are thick and compact with frequent wedge-like notches and chiseled corners that create a lively, irregular rhythm across words. Counters are small and often partly pinched or reduced, and apertures tend to tighten, giving the overall texture a solid, inked-in feel. Proportions lean wide with bouncy spacing and slightly inconsistent widths that add to the improvised, poster-like look.
Best used for short, bold lines where its chunky silhouettes and slanted momentum can carry the message—posters, headline blocks, packaging callouts, stickers, and energetic event or entertainment promos. It performs especially well when set large, where the irregular cuts and compressed counters read as intentional texture.
The font reads loud, humorous, and mischievous, combining a casual comic energy with a rough, cut-paper swagger. Its slant and chunky massing make it feel in-motion and a bit unruly, suited to expressive, attention-grabbing messaging rather than restraint.
This design appears intended as a high-impact novelty display face: deliberately irregular, dense, and animated, prioritizing personality and punch over neutrality. The chiseled notches and tightened counters suggest an aim to create a solid, ink-heavy presence with a playful, hand-made edge.
The darker interior behavior and tight counterforms can make letters like a/e/o and numerals like 8/9 feel especially dense at smaller sizes, while the irregular nicks and angled terminals become a defining texture at larger settings. The italicized posture is built into the shapes rather than relying on simple skewing, helping the face maintain a cohesive forward-leaning stance.