Slab Contrasted Rohi 4 is a very bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, sports branding, signage, retro, playful, robust, friendly, punchy, impact, warmth, retro appeal, legibility at size, blocky, rounded, soft corners, bracketed, compact counters.
A heavy, blocky slab serif with broad proportions and softly rounded geometry. Strokes are thick and largely even, with prominent rectangular slabs that are slightly bracketed into the stems, giving a sturdy, poster-like silhouette. Counters are relatively small and rounded, and joins feel smooth rather than sharp, contributing to a cohesive, chunky rhythm. The lowercase shows a single-storey “a” and “g” and a generally compact, dense texture in paragraph settings.
Best suited to display use: posters, bold headlines, product packaging, and signage where impact is prioritized over delicate detail. It also fits energetic branding contexts (e.g., sports, food, entertainment) where a robust, friendly slab serif helps create a memorable wordmark or short callout.
The overall tone is bold and approachable, mixing vintage signage energy with a humorous, almost cartoonish warmth. Its dense color and rounded details make it feel friendly rather than severe, while the big slabs keep it grounded and confident.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a compact, highly recognizable slab-serif silhouette, while using rounded shaping and gentle bracketing to keep the weight feeling inviting and characterful.
In text, the strong weight produces a dark typographic color and tight internal space, so it reads best when given ample size or extra tracking/leading. The numerals and caps share the same stout construction, reinforcing a consistent, emphatic voice across headings and short lines.