Slab Contrasted Hoga 4 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Bandera' by AndrijType, 'Vigor DT' by DTP Types, 'Fairplex' by Emigre, 'Equip Slab' by Hoftype, 'Rooney' by Jan Fromm, 'Majora Pro' by Latinotype, and 'Kondolarge' by TypeK (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, logos, retro, sporty, assertive, playful, headline, impact, display, heritage, athletics, advertising, chunky, bracketed, ink-trap-like, compact apertures, high impact.
A heavy, right-leaning slab serif with broad proportions and tightly packed interior spaces. The strokes are chunky with noticeable contrast and pronounced, blocky serifs that feel slightly bracketed, giving the letterforms a carved, stamped look. Counters are compact and apertures tend to close up, while curves (notably in O, C, and S) stay smooth and weighty. The overall rhythm is energetic and forward-moving, with sturdy verticals and strong horizontal slabs creating a dense, poster-ready texture.
Best suited for large-scale typography where impact matters: headlines, posters, promotional graphics, and sports or event branding. It can also work for packaging and logo wordmarks that want a robust, vintage-leaning slab voice, especially in short bursts of text.
The font projects a bold, competitive tone with a retro flavor—confident, attention-seeking, and a bit playful. Its strong slabbing and italic slant evoke classic sports branding and mid-century advertising, making text feel punchy and urgent.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a classic slab-serif backbone and a dynamic slant, balancing sturdy structure with energetic motion. Its dense texture and emphatic serifs suggest a focus on branding and display use where bold personality is preferred over quiet readability.
At display sizes it reads as powerful and cohesive, but the tight counters and heavy joins can reduce clarity in long passages or small sizes. Numerals match the chunky, slanted construction and maintain the same high-impact presence as the letters.