Solid Kody 11 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, playful, retro, geometric, quirky, chunky, visual impact, geometric construct, silhouette focus, brand distinctiveness, retro display, stencil-like, angular, rounded, cutout, graphic.
A heavy, geometric display face built from simplified shapes—circles, wedges, and blocky rectangles—with frequent triangular cut-ins and notched terminals. Curves are broad and clean, while many joins and corners resolve into sharp points, creating a strong alternation of round bowls and angular cuts. Counters are often reduced or fully collapsed, producing solid silhouettes and a compact, poster-like color on the page. Spacing and letterfit feel intentionally irregular, with some glyphs reading as constructed from modular parts rather than continuous strokes.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, event graphics, and logo wordmarks where its strong silhouettes can dominate. It also fits packaging, title cards, and merchandise graphics that benefit from a bold, geometric, retro-leaning voice. For extended text or small sizes, the collapsed interiors and quirky construction can reduce legibility, so it performs best as a display accent.
The overall tone is playful and attention-seeking, with a retro-futurist, sign-painterly energy. The exaggerated solids and cutout details give it a toy-like, punchy personality that feels more graphic than typographic, leaning into novelty and surprise. It suggests fun, pop culture, and bold branding rather than neutrality or long-form reading.
The design appears intended to translate simple geometric primitives into an expressive alphabet with strong black shapes and signature cutout gestures. By collapsing counters and emphasizing silhouette, it prioritizes instant visual impact and a distinctive, branded look over conventional readability.
Distinctive triangular motifs appear repeatedly (notably in diagonals and apex forms), giving the alphabet a cohesive visual gimmick. Several characters rely on silhouette recognition over internal detail, so clarity is strongest at larger sizes where the notches and cut-ins read as intentional design features.