Slab Contrasted Egji 3 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, western, circus, retro, playful, punchy, display impact, vintage flavor, texture carving, signage clarity, blocky, bracketed, ink-trap-like, stenciled, heavyweight.
A heavy, block-forward slab with pronounced bracketed serifs and deep, sculpted cut-ins that read like ink traps or notches at joins. The shapes are compact and geometric with rounded bowls, strong vertical emphasis, and a tall lowercase that keeps counters relatively small at text sizes. Stroke endings are crisp and squared, while the internal carving creates sharp highlights and a distinctive, chiseled silhouette across both cases and numerals. Overall spacing feels sturdy and poster-oriented, with a dense rhythm and strong black coverage.
Best suited to display settings where its mass and carved detailing can read clearly: posters, headlines, logos, labels, and bold packaging. It can work for short emphatic text and callouts, but the dense counters and decorative cut-ins make it less ideal for long-form reading at smaller sizes.
The carved details and chunky slabs evoke old-time display lettering—part Western wood type, part circus poster—giving the font a bold, theatrical energy. Its chunky silhouettes feel confident and slightly mischievous, with a nostalgic, showbills-and-signage character.
The design appears intended to modernize classic slab display lettering by combining robust, wood-type-like slabs with deliberate internal carving for visual bite. The goal is high impact and a memorable silhouette, optimized for attention-grabbing titles and identity work.
The notch-like cutouts appear consistently at key joints and along some curves, adding texture and aiding separation in very dark areas. Round letters (O, Q, C) stay smooth and weighty, while diagonals and joins (K, R, W) show the most distinctive carving, creating a lively, handcrafted feel despite the overall geometric construction.