Solid Lyvi 11 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: kids branding, comedy titles, party flyers, stickers, social posts, playful, goofy, cartoon, bubbly, whimsical, novelty impact, cartoon feel, soft massing, quirky rhythm, blobby, rounded, chunky, soft, lumpy.
A heavily swollen, soft-edged display face built from blobby, organic silhouettes. Strokes look molded rather than drawn, with frequent bulges and pinched joints that create an irregular rhythm from letter to letter. Counters are largely collapsed, so internal spaces read as solid mass, and apertures are minimal; many shapes rely on outer contour alone for recognition. The overall slant leans backward, and spacing appears tight because the forms expand into their sidebearings, giving words a dense, packed texture.
Best suited to short, bold applications where personality matters more than clarity—titles, logos, packaging accents, kids-oriented materials, and humorous or whimsical promotional graphics. It works particularly well when given generous size and breathing room, and when paired with a simpler companion for body text.
The tone is lighthearted and comedic, with a toy-like, squishy presence that feels intentionally imperfect. Its exaggerated massing and closed-in interiors suggest playful mischief and a hand-formed, cartoon sensibility rather than precision or restraint.
The design appears aimed at creating a maximal, massy word shape with a playful backward-leaning motion, emphasizing a squashed, gummy aesthetic. By collapsing interior openings and pushing irregular contours, it prioritizes a distinctive, novelty impact for display use.
Legibility drops quickly as size decreases due to the closed counters and the way adjacent letters merge visually in text. Individual glyphs have distinct, idiosyncratic silhouettes, which adds character but reduces uniformity in longer passages.