Slab Contrasted Mise 7 is a very bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font visually similar to 'Montebaldo' by Typodermic (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, signage, western, circus, vintage, poster, bold, attention, nostalgia, show poster, space-saving, branding, tuscan, bracketless, decorative, condensed, blocky.
A condensed display face with heavy vertical emphasis and decorative split terminals that read as squared, slab-like serifs. Stems are thick and dark, while joins and transitions introduce pronounced contrast, giving counters a pinched, chiseled look. The silhouette is tall and compact, with tight interior spaces and sturdy, rectangular feet and caps that create a strong top-and-bottom rhythm. Overall spacing appears relatively tight, and the distinctive terminal treatment repeats consistently across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, producing a strongly patterned texture in text.
Best suited for headlines, posters, signage, and branding where a strong vintage or Western display voice is desired. It can work well on packaging and labels that benefit from bold, graphic lettershapes, and is most effective at medium to large sizes where the decorative slab terminals and internal contrast remain legible.
The letterforms evoke classic American wood-type traditions and show-poster typography, with a showy, theatrical flavor. Its dramatic contrast and ornamental slab terminals suggest a nostalgic, frontier-meets-circus tone—confident, attention-grabbing, and slightly eccentric.
The design appears intended to reinterpret decorative slab-serif wood-type with a condensed footprint, maximizing impact in limited horizontal space. The consistent split-terminal motif adds ornament and historical flavor while maintaining a rigid, vertical structure for strong headline presence.
In paragraphs the recurring split slabs create a striped cadence along baselines and cap lines, which increases visual impact but can reduce clarity at small sizes. Rounded letters (like O/C) keep a vertical, barrel-like stance, while diagonals (V/W/X/Y) remain compact and sturdy, reinforcing the condensed, poster-forward color.