Solid Guwa 1 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, game titles, album art, industrial, grunge, sci-fi, playful, aggressive, impact, texture, edginess, display, branding, chunky, stencil-like, distressed, blobby, angular.
A heavy, blocky display face built from squared silhouettes and rounded corners, with compact interior spaces that often collapse into small notches or pinhole counters. Strokes read as monolithic slabs, but the letterforms are consistently interrupted by irregular cut-ins and tiny voids that create a distressed, stencil-like texture. Geometry leans rectilinear with occasional sharp diagonals (notably in letters like V/W/X/Y), while curves are simplified into softened rectangles. Spacing and widths vary by glyph, producing a punchy, uneven rhythm that stays coherent through repeated corner radii and recurring “scar” openings.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, splash screens, game or film titles, album/cover art, branding marks, and packaging where a rough, stamped aesthetic is desired. It can also work for large UI headings or signage-style graphics when the distressed texture is meant to be part of the identity.
The overall tone feels rugged and synthetic at once—like painted industrial signage that’s been chipped, or a sci‑fi interface rendered in worn, stamped blocks. The distressed details add grit and attitude, while the simplified shapes keep it playful and graphic rather than refined.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch through chunky silhouettes while adding character via irregular internal cutouts that mimic wear, stenciling, or punched material. The goal is a distinctive, graphic display voice rather than smooth, text-oriented readability.
At larger sizes the small interior punctures and cuts become a defining texture; at smaller sizes those details may visually merge, turning counters into speckles or disappearing entirely. The font’s personality comes more from silhouette and texture than from traditional counterforms, so it reads best when given room and contrast against a clean background.