Author's note

Folk Solid by Marcelo Magalhaes is a free distorted display font with dense, uneven capitals and a rough-cut silhouette. Its letters shift between broad and narrow shapes, with bowed sides, blunt corners, and irregular openings that produce a lively handmade wobble.

Music and comedy are especially good territory for it. The chunky forms suit album covers, food packaging, and casual event graphics, where their uneven contours recall hand-cut signs rather than polished corporate type. In an illustrated shop sign or poster, the lettering can become a comic emblem and join the artwork itself.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2008 by Marcelo Magalhaes. All rights reserved.
Font family
Folk Solid
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
MarceloMagalhaes: Folk SOLID: 2008
Full font name
Folk-solid
Name table version
Version 001.001
Postscript font name
Folk-solid
Trademark notice
Folk SOLID is a trademark of Marcelo Magalhaes.
Manufacturer name
Marcelo Magalhaes
Designer
Marcelo Magalhaes
Description
Copyright (c) 2007 by . All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2008-08-20
Revision1
Glyph count204
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular