Slab Contrasted Piwu 9 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, playful, folksy, retro, quirky, friendly, personality, vintage tone, attention grab, handmade feel, display impact, chunky, slab serif, soft corners, bouncy baseline, bracketed serifs.
A heavy, chunky slab-serif with strongly bracketed, wedge-like serifs and rounded joins that keep the dense strokes from feeling sharp. The letterforms show a lively, irregular rhythm: glyphs appear slightly rocked or tilted, with subtly varying widths and offbeat geometry that gives the line a gentle wave. Counters are compact but open enough for display use, and the overall silhouette is built from stout stems, bulbous curves, and blunt terminals that read clearly at larger sizes.
Best suited to posters, headlines, packaging, and signage where a bold voice and distinctive texture are desired. It can work for short brand marks and punchy editorial callouts, and is most comfortable in larger sizes where the chunky details and bracketed slabs stay crisp.
The font projects an upbeat, hand-cut poster energy—warm, humorous, and a bit mischievous. Its bouncy stance and stout slabs evoke vintage sign painting and carnival or headline typography, lending a personable, informal tone.
The design appears intended to combine the authority of a slab-serif structure with a deliberately informal, hand-made bounce, creating a display face that feels vintage and approachable rather than strictly typographic or neutral.
Capitals are especially blocky and emblem-like, while the lowercase keeps the same weight and slab vocabulary, producing a consistent, cohesive texture in mixed-case text. Numerals match the bold color and share the same playful irregularity, supporting attention-grabbing set pieces like prices or short codes.