Solid Hily 9 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, event promos, playful, grungy, handmade, quirky, chunky, diy texture, comic impact, handmade feel, bold signage, quirky branding, blobby, rough-edged, organic, uneven, cartoonish.
A heavy, blob-like display face with irregular, hand-cut contours and a largely monolinear feel. Strokes are thick and rounded, but edges break into chiseled nicks and wavy flats, creating a jittery silhouette across the alphabet. Counters tend to collapse or nearly close in letters like B, O, P, and e, while punctuation-like terminals and joins look carved rather than drawn. Spacing and sidebearings read intentionally uneven, reinforcing a bouncy rhythm in words and a highly textured color on the page.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, album art, packaging callouts, stickers, and event promotions. It also works well for kid-oriented or playful themes, as well as rougher, DIY aesthetics where texture and personality are more important than fine detail.
The overall tone is mischievous and informal, with a rough, tactile energy that feels like painted shapes, cut paper, or stamped lettering. Its lumpy forms and closed interiors give it a bold, almost comic presence that can read spooky-cute or scrappy depending on context.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch through thick shapes and deliberately imperfect contours, prioritizing character and texture over clean geometry. By minimizing interior openings and leaning into uneven rhythm, it aims to create a loud, handcrafted display voice that reads as spontaneous and expressive.
Legibility holds best at larger sizes where the distinctive silhouettes separate clearly; at smaller sizes the closed counters and rugged edges can cause characters to clump together. Numerals follow the same blobby construction, with simplified internal detail and strong silhouettes.