Slab Contrasted Fabi 6 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, logotypes, packaging, western, circus, playful, rugged, vintage, vintage flavor, poster impact, handmade feel, rustic tone, theatrical branding, chunky, angular, faceted, tapered, inked.
A chunky display slab with faceted, chiseled-looking joins and pronounced blocky serifs. Strokes show subtle internal modulation and irregularities that read as intentionally roughened, with corners often notched or clipped rather than smoothly rounded. The forms are compact and heavy, with squat proportions, tight counters, and a slightly uneven rhythm across letters and figures that enhances the handmade, poster-like character.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, event titles, headlines, signage, and brand marks that want a retro or western-inflected voice. It can also work on packaging and labels where a sturdy, handcrafted display look helps establish personality, but it is less appropriate for long reading at small sizes due to its dense weight and busy edges.
The tone is bold and attention-grabbing with a strong old-time show poster feel. Its angular cuts and rugged texture lean toward playful theatrics—evoking western signage, carnival billing, and vintage storefront lettering rather than a polished corporate voice.
The design appears aimed at recreating a bold slab-serif display aesthetic with a deliberately carved, distressed edge treatment. By combining heavy slabs, faceted cuts, and slightly uneven detailing, it prioritizes character and period flavor over neutrality and continuous-text comfort.
Lowercase maintains the same weight and angular language as the caps, with single-storey shapes and distinctive cut-ins that keep the texture consistent in text. Numerals are similarly blocky and emphatic, designed to read as headline figures rather than quiet tabular data.