Solid Typo 2 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, game ui, logos, album art, arcade, techno, industrial, brutalist, cyber, impact, futurism, display, texture, branding, blocky, angular, stencil-like, modular, pixel-ish.
A chunky, modular display face built from squared forms and sharp chamfered corners. Strokes are heavy and mostly orthogonal, with frequent diagonal notches and cut-ins that create a chiseled, geometric rhythm. Counters and apertures are often collapsed into small slits or eliminated entirely, producing dense silhouettes and a strong black footprint. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across glyphs, reinforcing an irregular, constructed feel while keeping a consistent, grid-like geometry.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, title cards, and branding marks. It also fits game UI, retro/arcade-themed graphics, and techno or industrial music artwork where dense, angular letterforms are a stylistic asset rather than a readability requirement.
The overall tone is assertive and mechanical, reading as arcade-tech and industrial at once. Its solid, carved shapes suggest a digital or sci‑fi interface aesthetic, with an intentionally rugged, non-human precision that feels loud and confrontational.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual weight with a constructed, digital-looking geometry. By collapsing many interior openings and emphasizing chamfered corners, it prioritizes silhouette, texture, and a bold, futuristic presence over conventional legibility in long text.
Small details like the tiny square/slot counters in characters such as E, a, and 8 and the deep corner bites in letters like K, R, and X add texture, but also reduce internal clarity. The typeface performs best when given room—tight sizes or busy backgrounds can cause individual letterforms to merge into solid masses.