Solid Eshi 2 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Chuckle Splash' and 'Fintbar' by Letterhend and 'Sharp Grotesk Latin' and 'Sharp Grotesk Paneuropean' by Monotype (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids media, logos, playful, goofy, retro, chunky, cartoonish, attention-grabbing, humor, retro signage, playful branding, graphic impact, rounded, bubbly, blobby, soft corners, hand-cut.
A compact, heavy display face built from rounded, blobby silhouettes with softened corners and frequent notch-like concavities that give the forms an irregular, cut-out feel. Strokes are extremely thick and mostly monoline in impression, with tight counters that often collapse into teardrop or slit shapes, producing a predominantly solid look at smaller sizes. Curves dominate the construction, terminals are blunt and pill-shaped, and the overall rhythm feels springy and uneven in a deliberate way rather than mechanically geometric.
Best used for short, high-impact display settings such as posters, headlines, logo wordmarks, playful packaging, and entertainment branding. It will perform most clearly at larger sizes where the small counters and notches remain distinguishable, and where its irregular rhythm can read as intentional texture.
The tone is humorous and approachable, with a toy-like, slightly surreal character that reads as retro novelty signage. Its exaggerated heft and quirky inner shaping lend a mischievous, comic energy suited to lighthearted messaging rather than formal communication.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch with a friendly, comedic personality, using collapsed apertures and rounded, irregular forms to create a distinctive novelty silhouette. It prioritizes character and presence over long-form readability.
Uppercase and lowercase share a consistent soft, inflated vocabulary, and the numerals match the same chunky, rounded logic. Spacing in the sample text reads visually tight due to the large black shapes and small internal apertures, which increases the poster-like density.