Slab Contrasted Hojo 4 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, sports branding, headlines, packaging, logos, retro, sporty, punchy, headline, rugged, impact, speed, branding, nostalgia, ruggedness, ink trap, wedge serif, bracketed, chunky, tightly set.
A heavy, right-slanted display face with broad proportions and chunky slab-like serifs that often resolve into sharp wedge terminals. Strokes show noticeable contrast for such a dark weight, with thick main stems and tapered joins that create small ink-trap notches at corners and intersections. The letterforms are compact and athletic, with squared shoulders and blunt horizontals balanced by rounded bowls in characters like O, C, and 8. The numerals are robust and tightly enclosed, matching the strong, blocky texture seen across the alphabet.
Best suited to headlines and short display copy in posters, sports and team branding, bold packaging, and logo wordmarks where strong slant and slabbed terminals can carry the visual identity. It can work for brief subheads, but the dense color and tight counters make it less ideal for long-form reading.
The overall tone feels energetic and assertive, with a distinctly retro, sports-poster attitude. Its dark, slanted forms read as fast and competitive, while the sharp wedges add a rugged, punchy edge suited to attention-grabbing statements.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a fast, athletic slant and sturdy slabbed construction. The tapered joins and ink-trap-like cuts suggest an effort to preserve character definition in a very dark weight while adding a distinctive, aggressive texture.
In text settings the weight produces a dense, high-ink rhythm, and the angular notches can become a defining texture at larger sizes. Counters are relatively small, so the face favors short lines and prominent display use where its distinctive terminals and interior cuts remain clear.