Slab Contrasted Ohsi 2 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, editorial, posters, magazine, book covers, classic, authoritative, literary, formal, display impact, editorial voice, classic refinement, institutional tone, bracketed serifs, large x-height, open counters, vertical stress, ball terminals.
A high-contrast serif with sturdy, slab-like terminals and subtly bracketed joins. The design mixes heavy, rectangular serifs with sharply thinned hairlines, producing a crisp vertical rhythm and a pronounced thick–thin pattern. Proportions are generous and slightly expanded, with open counters and a steady baseline that keeps text color confident and dark. The lowercase shows a relatively large x-height with compact ascenders and descenders, while details like a two-storey “a,” looped “g,” and teardrop/ball-like terminals on forms such as “f” and “j” add traditional book-serifs character.
Best suited to display and editorial roles where its contrast and substantial serifs can shine—headlines, magazine typography, posters, book covers, and pull quotes. It can work for short blocks of text when you want a dense, authoritative texture, particularly in print-oriented layouts.
The overall tone feels editorial and established—confident, slightly old-world, and suited to serious, print-forward communication. Its strong slabs and contrast give it a declarative voice that reads as institutional and literary rather than casual.
The font appears designed to blend traditional serif cues with emphatic, slab-like finishing, aiming for a classic yet commanding presence. Its expanded stance and assertive serifs suggest an intention to perform strongly in prominent typographic moments while retaining familiar reading shapes.
In text settings the heavy serifs and strong contrast create a bold, textured page color, especially at larger sizes. Numerals appear robust and headline-friendly, matching the uppercase’s solidity while maintaining the same contrast logic.