Slab Contrasted Nova 15 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, industrial, techno, display, retro, mechanical, impact, industrial feel, tech aesthetic, retro display, modular construction, squared, stencil-like, rounded corners, notched, geometric.
A heavy, squared slab-serif design with compact counters, rounded outer corners, and frequent internal cut-ins that create a segmented, almost stencil-like construction. Strokes are generally blocky and rectangular, with crisp terminals and occasional narrow joins that introduce visible contrast between thick main masses and slimmer connectors. The lowercase keeps a large x-height and simplified shapes, while numerals and capitals lean on boxy, modular forms with consistent corner radii and tight apertures for a dense, ink-trap-adjacent texture.
Best suited to display settings where its dense shapes and distinctive notches can be appreciated—posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging, and bold signage. It can work for short text in themed compositions, especially where a mechanical or retro-tech atmosphere is desired, but its tight apertures suggest avoiding very small sizes for extended reading.
The overall tone feels industrial and engineered, with a retro-tech flavor that recalls arcade, military labeling, and mechanical signage. Its chunky silhouettes and notched details read as assertive and utilitarian, giving text a punchy, machine-made presence.
The design appears intended to merge slab-serif structure with a modular, cut-out construction, delivering strong impact while maintaining a controlled, engineered rhythm. The consistent corner rounding and repeated internal interruptions suggest a deliberate effort to evoke fabricated lettering rather than traditional book typography.
Spacing and rhythm appear intentionally tight, with counters that stay small at text sizes and distinctive cutouts that become a key identifying motif. The mix of squared geometry and softened corners keeps it from feeling purely brutalist, while the repeated internal breaks add a calibrated, fabricated look.