Slab Contrasted Vafe 5 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, packaging, signage, industrial, athletic, western, headline, poster, impact, ruggedness, clarity, vintage display, blocky, squared, bracketed, sturdy, compact.
A heavy, block-constructed slab serif with squared bowls and broad, rectangular serifs. Strokes are strongly weighted with modest internal modulation, and corners are mostly firm with occasional rounding in tight joins and counters. Uppercase forms are wide-shouldered and compact, while the lowercase keeps a workmanlike, mostly vertical rhythm with sturdy terminals and a single-storey a and g. Numerals are similarly chunky and geometric, designed to hold their shape at large sizes.
Best suited to display settings where weight and presence matter: posters, headlines, sports-related branding, and bold packaging. It also works well for signage and labels that need a strong, no-nonsense voice, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone is forceful and utilitarian, evoking athletic signage, industrial labeling, and vintage poster typography. Its dense color and squared detailing project confidence and toughness rather than delicacy or refinement.
The letterforms appear designed to deliver maximum visual strength with clear slab structure and an efficient, compact footprint. The combination of squared geometry and subtle rounding suggests an intent to balance rugged impact with legibility in display typography.
The design leans on pronounced slabs and tight counters, giving it strong impact but a compact interior that can fill in at smaller sizes. The spacing in the sample text reads steady and uniform, supporting short bursts of text while keeping an unmistakably bold texture.