Slab Weird Byba 10 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, album art, experimental, architectural, quirky, mechanical, retro, reinterpret slab, add novelty, graphic texture, modular build, headline impact, slab serif, stencil-like, segmented, modular, bracketless.
A display slab with exaggerated, blocky serifs and extreme contrast between heavy horizontal bars and hairline vertical/diagonal connectors. Many letters are built from segmented parts—thick top and bottom slabs paired with thin “struts”—creating a constructed, almost stencil-like logic. Bowls are broad and rounded, counters are open, and the overall stance reads wide and steady, with crisp terminals and minimal curvature in the stroke joins. The rhythm is intentionally interrupted by gaps and crossbars, giving the alphabet a modular, engineered texture.
Best suited to headlines and short statements where the high-contrast slab structure can be appreciated, such as posters, striking brand marks, packaging titles, and culture/arts applications. It can also work for pull quotes or section openers in editorial layouts, where its horizontal striping can be used as a graphic motif.
The tone is playful but precise: it feels like typography assembled from components rather than drawn in a continuous stroke. The heavy slabs lend a confident, poster-like presence, while the delicate connectors add a surprising, slightly whimsical tension. Overall it suggests experimental editorial styling with a retro-futurist, industrial flavor.
The design appears intended to reinterpret slab-serif conventions through a modular, deconstructed build: bold slabs establish structure and impact, while fine connectors introduce tension and novelty. The result prioritizes character and visual patterning over neutral readability, aiming for memorable display typography.
In text, the repeated horizontal slabs create strong striping across lines, especially around midline crossbars and rounded forms like O, e, and g. The hairline connectors are visually distinctive and may become the defining detail at larger sizes, while at smaller sizes the segmented construction can read as intentional “breaks” within letterforms.