Slab Weird Upmo 10 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, editorial, playful, retro, quirky, bold, cartoonish, attention grabbing, retro display, expressive serif, novelty impact, slab serif, soft corners, bulbous, bouncy, ink trap.
This typeface uses heavy, slanted letterforms with pronounced slab-like terminals and soft, rounded corners. Strokes are chunky and sculpted, with noticeable modulation and punched-in counters that create a lively rhythm in text. Serifs and terminals often flare into wedgey, blobby shapes, giving the outlines a slightly hand-cut feel while staying consistent across the alphabet and figures. The overall spacing reads roomy and the shapes feel expansive, producing a strong, attention-grabbing texture in display sizes.
Best suited for display typography where its bold shapes and quirky slab detailing can be appreciated—posters, headline systems, cover lines, logos, and packaging. It can also work for short editorial callouts or section headers, but its strong personality may overwhelm long-running body copy.
The tone is exuberant and unconventional, blending a vintage headline attitude with a slightly comic, novelty edge. It feels friendly and mischievous rather than formal, with enough idiosyncrasy to read as intentionally “weird” and characterful.
The design appears intended to deliver a loud, memorable slab-serif voice with playful distortion and retro flavor, prioritizing personality and visual impact over neutrality. Its exaggerated terminals and sculpted counters suggest a deliberate novelty-display approach for expressive titling.
Round letters like O and Q show dramatic internal shaping, and several glyphs feature notched joins and exaggerated terminals that add personality. Numerals follow the same chunky, slanted construction, keeping the set cohesive for posters and short statements.