Slab Contrasted Abve 5 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, posters, branding, packaging, confident, vintage, industrial, academic, authority, readability, heritage, impact, clarity, bracketed, sturdy, blocky, ink-trap feel, high-clarity.
A sturdy slab-serif with squared, strongly bracketed serifs and a compact, heavy color on the page. Strokes show clear, controlled contrast and a largely vertical stress, with broad horizontal elements and flat terminals that create a stable, planted rhythm. Counters are open and generously shaped for a slab design, while joins and corners are crisp, giving the letters a carved, press-like solidity. Numerals follow the same robust construction, with clear forms and pronounced slabs that maintain consistency in text settings.
Well suited to headlines and subheads where a solid, traditional voice is needed, and it also performs convincingly in short editorial passages that benefit from a strong typographic color. It can support branding and packaging that aims for heritage, craftsmanship, or an institutional feel, and works effectively for posters and signage where sturdiness and clarity are priorities.
The tone feels authoritative and traditional, evoking editorial and institutional typography with a hint of vintage printing. Its weight and slab structure read as dependable and no-nonsense, while the moderate contrast adds a slightly refined, bookish character rather than a purely utilitarian one.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic slab-serif presence with strong structure and high readability, balancing robust serifs and confident proportions with enough contrast to feel polished in display and editorial contexts.
In the sample text the face maintains strong line-to-line presence and clear word shapes, with serifs providing a pronounced baseline and cap-line emphasis. The overall rhythm is steady and even, and the design retains clarity at larger sizes where the slab details and contrast become more apparent.