Slab Weird Orma 9 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, editorial, branding, typewriter, mechanical, quirky, retro, utilitarian, distinctiveness, retro utility, mechanical motif, display impact, slab serif, stencil-like, ink trap, notched, bracketless.
A slab-serif design with sturdy, blunt terminals and a largely even stroke weight. Many letters feature distinctive mid-stroke crossbars or “straps” that cut through bowls and stems, creating a notched, stencil-like construction and a strong horizontal rhythm. Counters are relatively open and geometric, with squared-off details on curves (notably in C, G, O, and Q) that give the outlines a machined feel. Proportions read as workmanlike and compact, with firm serifs and simplified joins that keep the texture bold and graphic in both caps and lowercase.
Best suited to display sizes where the unusual internal strapping and slab structure can be appreciated—posters, cover lines, labels, and brand marks. It can also work for short editorial callouts or titling when a mechanical, retro, slightly off-kilter flavor is desired.
The overall tone feels like a functional, industrial typewriter voice that’s been deliberately made oddball and attention-grabbing. The repeated cross-strokes add a coded, engineered personality—part bureaucratic stamp, part vintage device—resulting in a quirky, slightly eccentric retro mood.
The design appears intended to blend a straightforward slab-serif foundation with unconventional internal cuts that add instant character. It prioritizes a bold, recognizable texture and a distinctive engineered motif for expressive branding and display typography rather than neutral body copy.
The internal cross-strokes are consistent enough to read as a core motif rather than incidental styling, and they noticeably alter familiar letter silhouettes, especially in rounded forms and lowercase. Numerals match the same blunt, slabbed construction and maintain the font’s bold, mechanical texture in mixed setting.