Solid Guvy 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, kids branding, playful, retro, chunky, goofy, bubble, attention grab, whimsy, retro flavor, bold display, graphic texture, rounded, blobby, soft corners, quirky, cartoonish.
A heavy, rounded display face built from soft, blobby forms with subtly irregular curves and asymmetric terminals. Strokes are consistently thick, with minimal internal counters—many bowls read as nearly solid shapes, and apertures are tightened into small notches or slits. The silhouettes lean on inflated geometry, with a lively, uneven rhythm across the alphabet and noticeable variance in character shaping that keeps the texture from feeling mechanical. Numerals and caps share the same swollen, cut-in detailing and compact interior space, producing strong mass on the page.
Best suited for large-scale display work where its solid shapes and quirky contours can be appreciated—posters, playful branding, packaging, event titles, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short, high-impact lines in editorial or social graphics, but is less appropriate for long passages where the reduced counters may hinder clarity.
The tone is upbeat and mischievous, with a cartoon-like warmth that feels friendly rather than formal. Its near-solid construction and bouncy outlines create a bold, attention-grabbing voice suited to humorous or whimsical messaging with a throwback, poster-like energy.
Designed to deliver maximum visual impact through near-solid letterforms and rounded, irregular carving, creating a distinctive novelty texture that reads as fun and bold at a glance.
At text sizes the dense fills and collapsed counters can reduce letter differentiation, while larger settings emphasize the distinctive silhouettes and quirky cuts. The font produces a dark, punchy color and benefits from generous spacing and short lines to keep the rhythm readable.