Solid Idsa 2 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Akkordeon' by Emtype Foundry, 'Calps' and 'Calps Sans' by Typesketchbook, and 'Winner Sans' by sportsfonts (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, packaging, stickers, grunge, stamped, playful, rugged, handmade, maximum impact, print distress, handmade feel, silhouette-first, blobby, chunky, rough-edged, inked, uneven.
A dense, heavy display face with compact proportions and soft, swollen contours that feel cut from solid ink. Strokes are thick and mostly monoline, with subtly irregular edges and occasional nicks that create a worn, printed texture. Counters are largely collapsed, so letters read as solid silhouettes; differentiation comes from outer shapes, stepped notches, and simplified terminals. Width and sidebearings vary from glyph to glyph, producing an uneven rhythm that looks deliberately imperfect and handmade.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, event graphics, album/track artwork, packaging callouts, and sticker or merch designs. It performs well when you want a bold silhouette that reads from a distance and when texture is part of the message, especially in print-inspired layouts.
The overall tone is bold and mischievous, with a scrappy, DIY energy. Its rough, inked silhouettes suggest vintage stamping, screenprint imperfections, or a worn poster pulled from the street. The solid forms make it feel loud and a bit gritty rather than refined.
The design appears intended to mimic the look of heavy ink laid down through imperfect processes—stamp, screenprint, or distressed display type—by prioritizing silhouette clarity over internal detail. Its simplified, filled-in counters and irregular rhythm aim to deliver maximum impact with a purposely rough, handcrafted character.
Because interior apertures are minimized, similar shapes can merge at small sizes; the design is most effective when given room to breathe. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same solid, distressed silhouette logic, reinforcing a consistent poster-like presence across the set.