Slab Contrasted Nata 2 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, logotypes, packaging, industrial, techy, retro, game-like, mechanical, high impact, retro tech, industrial feel, geometric voice, square, blocky, angular, stencil-like, bracketless.
A squared, modular slab serif design with heavy, rectangular terminals and crisp right-angle joins. Strokes are predominantly straight with occasional diagonal cuts, creating a chiseled, engineered feel and a slightly pixel-adjacent rhythm without being truly monospaced. Counters are often boxy and partially enclosed (notably in forms like O, D, and B), and several glyphs use stepped notches and inset corners that emphasize the geometric construction. The lowercase keeps a sturdy, compact structure with simple, rigid bowls and minimal curvature, while numerals follow the same angular logic and maintain strong weight and presence.
This typeface suits display applications where strong silhouette and geometric character are assets, such as posters, headlines, and bold branding. It can work well for tech or industrial-themed signage, game-related graphics, and packaging that benefits from a rugged, constructed look. For longer passages, it’s best reserved for short bursts of text where the angular detailing reads as a stylistic feature rather than visual noise.
The font projects a mechanical, industrial tone with clear retro-digital and arcade/terminal overtones. Its emphatic slabs and notched geometry feel utilitarian and authoritative, leaning toward a tech-industrial aesthetic rather than a literary one. Overall it reads as bold, assertive, and purpose-built, with a playful edge reminiscent of early computer graphics and sci-fi signage.
The design appears intended to merge slab-serif solidity with a constructed, digital-leaning geometry, using notches and squared counters to create a distinctive, engineered voice. It prioritizes impact and character, aiming to evoke retro computing and industrial labeling while retaining recognizable Latin letterforms for straightforward display readability.
The design’s distinctive personality comes from its combination of heavy slabs with internal cut-ins and occasional diagonal shears, which add motion and texture to long lines. The rhythm is intentionally chunky and high-impact, making the face most comfortable at display sizes where the angular details and stepped shapes remain clear.