Slab Contrasted Agde 3 is a bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, sturdy, industrial, retro, editorial, confident, impact, authority, vintage print, display legibility, robustness, blocky, chunky, bracketed, heavy serifs, compact counters.
A heavy, wide slab-serif with substantial rectangular serifs and mostly even stroke weight. The letterforms are built from broad, confident strokes with gently rounded joins and subtle bracketing where stems meet the slabs, keeping the shapes from feeling overly mechanical. Counters are relatively compact for the weight, and curves (C, O, S) maintain smooth, steady arcs without sharp modulation. The overall rhythm is dense and stable, with strong horizontals and squared terminals that read clearly at display sizes.
Best suited for headlines, posters, and short bursts of copy where a strong typographic voice is desirable. It can work effectively in branding and packaging that benefits from a solid, traditional slab-serif presence, and it is also well suited to signage and large-format applications where wide, sturdy forms help maintain impact.
The font projects a sturdy, no-nonsense tone with an industrial and slightly vintage flavor. Its wide stance and weighty slabs feel confident and emphatic, lending a poster-like presence that suggests classic print, headlines, and bold statements rather than delicate refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence through wide proportions and substantial slab serifs, balancing utilitarian robustness with slightly softened transitions. It aims for high-impact display performance while retaining enough structure and regularity to remain legible in short text passages.
In text settings the heavy slabs create a strong baseline and cap-line emphasis, producing a dark, authoritative color on the page. The numerals match the letterforms with similarly robust, blocky construction, supporting attention-grabbing numeric callouts and signage-style settings.