Solid Gume 13 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album art, art deco, futuristic, playful, geometric, poster-like, high impact, decorative, silhouette-led, retro futurism, stencil-like, angular, rounded, cut-out, chunky.
A chunky, geometric display face built from simple masses and sharp cut-ins. Many characters use circular or semicircular bowls paired with triangular notches and flat terminals, creating a consistent “carved” silhouette where counters are often minimized or closed. The rhythm is compact and heavy, with abrupt joins and occasional asymmetric details (notched E/F, wedge cuts on curves) that give the alphabet a constructed, modular feel. Numerals follow the same solid, cut-out logic, favoring bold shapes and simplified interior structure.
Best suited to large-scale headlines, posters, titles, and logo work where the bold silhouettes and cut-out details can be appreciated. It can add a distinctive, graphic voice to packaging and editorial display settings, especially when used with generous tracking and ample contrast against the background.
The overall tone feels retro-futurist and Art Deco–adjacent, like lettering cut from black paper or machined from a single slab. Its strong silhouettes and playful notches read as graphic and theatrical rather than neutral, lending an energetic, stylized personality to short text.
The design appears intended as a high-impact display font that prioritizes striking silhouettes and a consistent cut-out motif over text readability. Its simplified, mostly counterless construction suggests an aim toward decorative, emblematic letterforms that stand out instantly in branding and title treatments.
Legibility is driven by outline recognition rather than open counters; at smaller sizes the closed interiors and tight apertures can reduce clarity. The design’s visual interest comes from repeated wedge cuts and stencil-like breaks, which also make spacing and word shapes feel lively and irregular in a deliberate way.