Stencil Ifma 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, sportswear, industrial, retro, bold, rugged, sporty, impact, stencil utility, theme branding, display emphasis, slab serif, beveled, wedge terminals, high impact, angular.
A heavy, slanted slab-serif design with pronounced stencil breaks that cut through bowls and strokes, creating clear bridges and strong negative shapes. The letterforms are broad and compact in feel, with chunky slabs, wedge-like terminals, and a slightly chiseled, beveled impression at joins and corners. Counters are relatively tight and the cutouts introduce a rhythmic, segmented texture across both uppercase and lowercase, while numerals follow the same blocky, stencil-treated construction for consistent color in display settings.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications such as posters, headlines, badges, logos, and packaging where the stencil cuts can read as a deliberate graphic device. It can also work for themed branding—workwear, motorsport, or industrial-inspired identities—when set at display sizes and given generous tracking to keep the breaks legible.
The overall tone reads assertive and utilitarian, blending a vintage sign-painting and workwear sensibility with an industrial, stamped-stencil attitude. Its slanted stance adds motion and punch, giving it an energetic, action-oriented voice suited to attention-grabbing messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a distinctive stencil identity, combining slab-serif heritage cues with engineered cutouts for a rugged, reproducible look. The consistent bridging across the character set suggests a focus on graphic presence and thematic flavor over quiet text neutrality.
Stencil gaps are bold and highly visible, becoming a primary design motif that can create lively patterns in longer lines of text. The strong slabs and segmented joins make the texture dense, so spacing and size will heavily influence clarity, especially where counters are interrupted by bridges.