Slab Contrasted Elfo 2 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, posters, headlines, logos, packaging, athletic, western, retro, assertive, industrial, impact, ruggedness, heritage, display, octagonal, chamfered, blocky, collegiate, stencil-like.
A heavy, block-built slab design with broad proportions and emphatic rectangular serifs. Many joins and terminals are sharply chamfered, producing an octagonal, faceted silhouette that reads like cut metal or carved wood. Counters are compact and fairly geometric, with a consistent, sturdy rhythm across caps and lowercase; the lowercase maintains a robust, built-up structure rather than calligraphic modulation. Figures follow the same chiseled logic, with strong horizontal footing and clipped corners that keep the texture dense and punchy in text.
Best suited for high-impact display work such as team identities, event posters, bold editorial headlines, and logo wordmarks that need a rugged, authoritative voice. It can also work on packaging or signage where a strong, vintage-industrial texture helps the message stand out.
The overall tone is loud, competitive, and nostalgic—evoking varsity sports lettering, western posters, and rugged workwear graphics. Its squared massing and clipped corners communicate toughness and straightforwardness, giving headlines a confident, no-nonsense presence.
The design appears intended to translate traditional slab-serif solidity into a more graphic, faceted style, using consistent chamfers to create a distinctive silhouette at a distance. It prioritizes immediate recognition and a dense, powerful typographic color for display-driven applications.
The chamfering is applied systematically on key corners (including rounds like C/G/O and diagonals like V/W/Y), creating a distinctive, machined feel. In paragraphs, the dense color and strong slab terminals produce a poster-like texture, favoring impact over delicacy.