Solid Powe 9 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, event flyers, retro, circus, playful, rowdy, cartoon, attention grabbing, vintage display, novelty branding, silhouette emphasis, chunky, rounded, blobby, notched, stencil-like.
A heavy, compact display face built from thick, solid silhouettes with softened curves and frequent angular nicks and wedge cuts. Counters are largely collapsed, so many letters read as closed shapes, with only small triangular or slit-like apertures appearing intermittently. Terminals and joins feel carved rather than drawn, creating a rhythmic pattern of notches across stems and bowls. Spacing appears tight and the mass of each glyph is dominant, producing a strong, blocky texture in lines of text.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, logotypes, and bold packaging or merch graphics. It works particularly well where a retro, fairground, or novelty flavor is desirable and where ample size and contrast can preserve legibility.
The overall tone is loud and theatrical, with a playful, slightly mischievous edge. Its carved-in notches and overfilled forms evoke vintage show lettering—somewhere between circus poster styling and cartoon title cards—designed to grab attention rather than disappear into body text.
The font appears intended as a maximum-impact display design that prioritizes silhouette and texture over open counters. By filling in interiors and adding consistent carved notches, it creates a distinctive, vintage-inspired voice meant to stand out in titles and branding.
In paragraph samples the dense silhouettes create a near-black line color, and the collapsed counters reduce internal differentiation between similar shapes. The design relies on outer contours and the repeating notch motif for character, making it most effective at larger sizes where the cuts and small apertures can be clearly seen.