Solid Vivy 10 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, stickers, playful, goofy, retro, cartoon, bouncy, attention, humor, novelty, nostalgia, impact, blobby, chunky, soft, rounded, bulbous.
A heavy, blobby display face built from soft, inflated shapes with rounded terminals and an overall melt-like silhouette. Counters are mostly collapsed or reduced to small notches, so letters read as solid masses with occasional pinched cut-ins that suggest joins and apertures. Proportions are uneven in a deliberate way: bowls and stems swell, curves wobble slightly, and widths vary by character, creating a lively rhythm rather than a strict geometric system. The lowercase is especially bulbous, with single-storey forms and minimal internal detailing; figures follow the same rounded, chunky construction.
Best suited to short, bold applications such as posters, headlines, logos, packaging, stickers, and playful branding where the silhouette can do the work. It can also be effective for themed event graphics or retro-cartoon titling, but it benefits from generous sizing and simpler copy to maintain legibility.
The tone is humorous and friendly, with a toy-like, confectionary feel that leans into nostalgia and novelty. Its squishy, overfilled forms give it an expressive, attention-grabbing voice that feels informal and lighthearted rather than serious or technical.
The design appears intended to maximize impact through exaggerated, rounded massing and intentionally irregular contours, trading fine internal detail for strong, characterful silhouettes. It aims to deliver a distinctive novelty voice that feels soft, fun, and immediately recognizable in display settings.
Because interior openings are largely closed, recognition relies on outer silhouettes and distinctive notches, which makes spacing and size important for clarity. The font’s visual weight and soft edges create strong spot color in a line of text and a distinctive, textured word shape in short phrases.