Slab Contrasted Elme 5 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, signage, packaging, retro, poster, western, playful, sturdy, impact, nostalgia, headline, brand voice, blocky, chunky, rounded, bracketed, soft-cornered.
A heavy, display-focused slab serif with expansive proportions and tightly packed counters. Strokes are thick and largely monolinear, with subtle contrast showing up mainly in joins and curved areas rather than along long stems. Serifs read as bold, rectangular slabs with slight bracketing and softened corners, giving the glyphs a carved, stamp-like solidity. The lowercase is compact and punchy with a tall x-height, while round letters (O, C, G, 0) are wide and generously curved; overall spacing looks dense, designed to hold together in big headlines.
Best suited to large-scale display settings such as posters, bold branding wordmarks, product packaging, and signage where its dense weight and slab structure can read as intentional and graphic. It can also work for short, punchy subheads or pull quotes, but its mass and tight counters make it less ideal for long text at small sizes.
The font conveys a confident, nostalgic energy—part old-fashioned signage, part playful poster lettering. Its chunky slabs and rounded terminals feel friendly and approachable while still projecting strength and impact, making it suited to attention-grabbing, characterful typography.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a warm, retro-inflected slab serif voice. By pairing broad proportions with softened, bracketed slabs and compact counters, it aims to create a distinctive, highly legible headline style that feels both sturdy and personable.
The rhythm is strongly horizontal: broad rounds, wide bowls, and substantial slabs create a stable, grounded texture. Details like the robust numerals and the angular notches/joins in some capitals add a slightly rugged, cut-from-solid feel that reads well at large sizes.