Solid Idki 7 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, event flyers, streetwear, grunge, handmade, playful, raw, punk, expressiveness, impact, handmade feel, texture, brushy, blobby, rough-edged, chunky, organic.
A heavy, brush-like display face with chunky, irregular silhouettes and visibly ragged edges. Strokes swell and taper unpredictably, creating an organic rhythm with slight slant and uneven baselines that feel hand-painted rather than constructed. Counters are largely collapsed or reduced to small voids, producing dense, inked-in forms and strong color on the page. Letter shapes remain broadly readable, but width and internal spacing vary from glyph to glyph, emphasizing an improvised, textured look.
Best suited for short, high-impact copy such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and entertainment or music-related graphics. It can also work for logo-like wordmarks where a gritty, handmade stamp or brush feel is desired. For longer passages, it’s most effective when used sparingly with ample spacing and clear hierarchy.
The font reads loud and energetic, with a scrappy, DIY attitude. Its rough, saturated marks suggest street art, band flyers, and spontaneous paint gestures—more expressive than refined. The overall tone is informal and slightly chaotic, designed to feel bold and attention-grabbing.
The design appears intended to mimic thick paint or marker lettering with intentionally imperfect contours and filled-in interiors, prioritizing expressive texture and visual punch over typographic precision. Its irregular widths and condensed counters support a bold, poster-ready presence that feels handcrafted and immediate.
In text, the dense shapes and reduced counters create a dark, compact texture; generous tracking and larger sizes help preserve clarity. The irregular stroke ends and uneven negative space are a defining feature and become more pronounced at smaller sizes.