Solid Guli 9 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, titles, playful, retro, cartoonish, quirky, chunky, attention, novelty, impact, character, geometric, rounded, wedge-cut, notched, compact.
A heavy, geometric display face with simplified, blocky forms and frequent wedge-like cut-ins that create a chiseled, notched silhouette. Curves are broadly rounded and often close up or pinch into tight counters, while straights remain firm and vertical, producing a strong, compact rhythm. Several glyphs show asymmetrical details and abrupt terminals, giving the alphabet an intentionally irregular, hand-cut feel while staying visually consistent in weight and presence.
Best suited to display settings where personality and punch matter: posters, headlines, title cards, branding marks, and bold packaging. It works especially well for short phrases and large-scale typography where the notched details and compact shapes can be appreciated.
The overall tone is bold and cheeky, with a vintage novelty flavor that reads as humorous and attention-seeking. Its chunky shapes and eccentric notches evoke a playful, poster-era sensibility—more characterful than neutral, and more theatrical than utilitarian.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through dense, simplified letterforms and deliberately quirky carving-like details. It prioritizes a memorable silhouette and decorative rhythm, aiming for a distinctive novelty voice in branding and display typography.
At larger sizes the sculpted cut-ins and collapsed apertures become a defining texture, but at smaller sizes the tight internal spaces and chunky joins may reduce clarity. Numerals and capitals carry the strongest personality, with distinctive, stylized silhouettes that emphasize impact over precision.