Solid Tyne 2 is a very bold, very wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, game ui, album covers, arcade, brutalist, techno, industrial, playful, maximum impact, retro digital, graphic texture, brand distinctiveness, blocky, angular, pixelated, stencil-like, geometric.
A chunky, block-constructed display face built from hard-edged rectangular masses with frequent notches, stepped corners, and occasional wedge cuts. Curves are largely avoided; bowls and counters are often reduced to small slits or pinhole openings, producing dense, poster-like silhouettes. Stroke endings tend to terminate in square cuts with irregular bite-outs, creating a jagged rhythm across words and emphasizing a modular, pixel-adjacent construction. Uppercase forms read as heavy geometric slabs, while lowercase keeps a tall, compact feel with simplified apertures and minimal internal separation.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, titles, packaging callouts, and logo wordmarks where the solid silhouettes can carry the design. It also fits game-related graphics, retro-tech branding, and punchy on-screen UI labels when used at generous sizes and spacing.
The overall tone is loud and graphic, leaning toward retro-digital and arcade signage while also feeling mechanical and somewhat brutalist. The collapsed counters and chiseled corners add a slightly mischievous, game-like energy that can read as edgy or sci‑fi depending on context.
The design appears intended to maximize visual impact through dense, near-solid letterforms and a deliberately irregular, cut-in construction that recalls pixel blocks and industrial stenciling. Its primary goal is a distinctive texture and attitude rather than conventional text readability.
Legibility is strongest at headline sizes where the stepped detailing and tiny openings can be read as intentional texture; at smaller sizes the interior gaps and tight apertures may merge into solid blocks. Numerals and punctuation follow the same carved, modular logic, keeping a consistent, icon-like presence across settings.