Slab Contrasted Kokod 7 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, book covers, branding, playful, vintage, quirky, handmade, folksy, expressive display, retro flavor, handcrafted texture, friendly readability, bracketed serifs, bulb terminals, soft corners, lively rhythm, irregular baseline.
A serif design with chunky, slab-like terminals and gently bracketed joins, rendered with a slightly irregular, hand-cut feel. Strokes show noticeable modulation, and many letters have subtly flared ends and softened corners that keep the texture warm rather than mechanical. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, creating an animated rhythm; counters stay open and forms remain readable, while details like curled tails and ball-like terminals add character. The numerals echo the same sturdy build with a few decorative hooks and swashes, especially on curving figures.
Best suited to display applications where its character can carry a message—posters, headlines, packaging, and branding systems that want a handmade or retro imprint. It can work for short passages such as pull quotes or children’s/illustrated book titling, where a lively texture is a feature rather than a distraction.
The overall tone is spirited and nostalgic, evoking vintage print, fairground posters, and storybook typography. Its deliberate unevenness and whimsical terminals give it a friendly, slightly mischievous voice that feels crafted rather than engineered.
The design appears intended to blend sturdy slab-serif presence with an intentionally irregular, handcrafted finish, offering a readable but personality-forward alternative to strict, geometric slabs. Decorative terminals and varied proportions suggest a focus on expressive display typography that still holds together in words and lines.
In text, the lively widths and varied silhouettes create strong word shapes and a distinct texture, but the same quirks can become visually busy at smaller sizes. Capitals are assertive and display-oriented, while lowercase adds extra charm through pronounced tails and terminals on letters like g, j, q, and y.