Solid Refo 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, album covers, playful, retro, modular, futuristic, toy-like, attention grabbing, silhouette driven, graphic texture, brandable, geometric, blocky, rounded, stencil-like, notched.
A heavy, geometric display design built from large rounded masses and flat terminals, with frequent rectangular bite-outs and notches that create a cut-and-slot rhythm across the alphabet. Counters are largely collapsed, so many letters read as solid silhouettes with small incisions rather than open bowls. Curves tend toward near-circular arcs, while joins and corners are squared, producing a modular, constructed feel. Spacing appears intentionally compact, and the overall texture is dense and poster-forward, with letterforms relying on distinctive negative cuts for differentiation.
Best suited to large-scale display settings such as posters, headlines, logo wordmarks, packaging, and album or event graphics where its solid shapes and notched detailing can read clearly. It can also work for short, punchy statements in branding systems that favor strong geometric forms and high-impact texture.
The font conveys a playful, graphic tone with a distinctly retro-futurist flavor—part 1970s mod signage, part toy-block geometry. Its solid, chunky silhouettes feel bold and confident, while the notched details add a quirky, engineered personality that keeps the texture lively.
The design appears intended as an attention-grabbing solid display face that replaces traditional counters with a system of cut-outs, creating identity through silhouette and negative-space carving. It prioritizes graphic impact and a distinctive modular voice over continuous-text readability.
Legibility depends heavily on size and context: the collapsed counters and aggressive cut-ins can cause similar silhouettes to cluster, especially in longer text. The design is most effective when the distinctive notches have room to resolve and when line spacing is generous to avoid dark, continuous bands.