Slab Contrasted Beva 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, sportswear, sporty, retro, punchy, confident, playful, impact, motion, display, attention, bracketed, sheared, chunky, rounded, compact.
A heavy, right-leaning slab-serif with compact counters and a visibly sheared construction that creates strong forward motion. Strokes are thick and robust with noticeable contrast for the style, and the slab terminals read as bracketed wedges rather than flat rectangles, giving the serifs a carved, dynamic feel. Curves are rounded and full, while joins and diagonals stay tight and sturdy; the rhythm is dense and headline-oriented, with sturdy numerals and letterforms that hold their shape at large sizes.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, event graphics, and bold branding marks. It can also work well on packaging and apparel-style graphics where a lively, vintage-leaning slab-serif presence is desired, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone is energetic and assertive, balancing retro sign-painting warmth with a sporty, poster-like impact. Its slanted, chunky forms feel lively and attention-grabbing, lending a friendly boldness rather than a strictly formal voice.
Designed to deliver maximum impact with a slanted, high-energy slab-serif voice, combining sturdy display weight with a slightly carved, bracketed-serif finish. The emphasis appears to be on bold readability and a distinctive, retro-spirited texture for attention-led typography.
The italic slant and wedge-like slabs create a consistent diagonal emphasis across both uppercase and lowercase, which helps long lines keep momentum. The lowercase shows broad, rounded bowls and short-looking ascenders/descenders relative to the heavy weight, reinforcing a compact, display-forward texture.