Groovy Lyhy 2 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, brand marks, event flyers, psychedelic, playful, retro, whimsical, bubbly, retro flavor, expressive display, visual impact, playful tone, blobby, liquid, organic, soft, bulbous.
A heavy, soft-edged display face built from blobby, liquid-like strokes and rounded terminals. Counters are often pinched into thin horizontal openings, creating a strong black–white pop and an uneven, animated rhythm across words. Many forms feel slightly inflated and asymmetric, with occasional droplet-like joins and tapered necks that give letters a pulsing, hand-molded quality. Lowercase shapes are compact and high, with simplified construction and idiosyncratic details that prioritize silhouette over conventional typographic logic.
Best suited to large-scale display settings such as posters, album/playlist artwork, packaging callouts, and headline typography where its sculptural silhouettes can breathe. It can also work for short logos or wordmarks that want a retro, playful personality, but it’s less appropriate for long-form text or small UI labeling.
The overall tone is groovy and lighthearted, evoking a 60s–70s poster sensibility with a slightly surreal, melty humor. The exaggerated softness and irregular flow make it feel friendly and upbeat rather than formal, with a toy-like charm that reads as intentionally funky and expressive.
The design appears intended to deliver an instantly recognizable, era-referential display voice through liquid geometry, pinched apertures, and buoyant proportions. Its emphasis on bold silhouettes and rhythmic irregularity suggests a focus on expressive impact over neutrality and continuous reading comfort.
Because the counters frequently collapse into narrow slits and the stroke modulation is dramatic, readability drops quickly at small sizes or in dense paragraphs. The numerals match the same inflated, pinched-counter style, maintaining a consistent display voice across letters and figures.