Slab Weird Joso 6 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, merchandise, playful, retro, rowdy, stamped, cartoonish, stand out, retro flavor, quirky texture, display impact, blocky, chunky, bracketed, ink-trap, notched.
A heavy, block-forward slab serif with compact counters, flattened curves, and prominent rectangular serifs. Many joins and terminals show deliberate notches and step-like cut-ins that read like built-in ink traps, giving the letters a slightly “carved” or “stamped” construction. Round letters (O, C, G, Q) are squarish in spirit, while verticals stay rigid and weighty; the overall rhythm is dense and high-impact with tight apertures and sturdy punctuation-like nicks in key corners.
Best suited to display settings where weight and silhouette can do the work: posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging, and merchandise graphics. It can also support short, punchy callouts or labels where a retro slab feel with unconventional construction adds character.
The tone is bold and boisterous, mixing vintage slab authority with an intentionally quirky, engineered awkwardness. It feels playful and attention-grabbing—more poster and novelty-oriented than refined editorial—suggesting a retro display voice with a mischievous edge.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a familiar slab-serif backbone, then differentiate through repeated notches and cut-in joins that create a stamped, slightly industrial texture. The result prioritizes recognizability and personality over neutrality, aiming to stand out in branding and display typography.
The distinctive notched detailing is consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, creating a recognizable texture at text sizes and a strong silhouette at large sizes. Narrow interior spaces in letters like a/e/s and the heavy crossbars can make long passages feel dark, but they amplify presence in short bursts.