Slab Weird Upsu 4 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, title cards, playful, eccentric, retro, chunky, toy-like, standout display, retro flavor, quirky branding, graphic impact, rounded slabs, notched, ink-trap-like, stencil-ish, bulbous.
A heavy, rounded slab-serif design with exaggerated, blocky terminals and deep notches that carve into joins and counters. Strokes feel built from soft rectangular modules with occasional wedge-like cuts, creating a high-contrast black silhouette and strong interior apertures. The serifs read as thick caps and feet rather than delicate brackets, giving many letters a stamped, constructed look. Lowercase forms are large relative to the caps, with compact counters and a lively, slightly irregular rhythm across the alphabet and numerals.
Best suited to short, bold settings where its sculpted slabs and notched details can be appreciated—headlines, display typography, brand marks, packaging, and event or entertainment graphics. It can work as a thematic accent in editorial or web banners, but the dense interiors suggest avoiding very small sizes or long body copy.
The overall tone is quirky and attention-grabbing, combining a retro poster sensibility with a playful, almost toy-block construction. Its bold presence and unusual cut-ins give it a mischievous, offbeat personality that feels more expressive than neutral.
The design appears intended as an expressive slab display face that subverts traditional serif construction through chunky terminals and carved-in details, prioritizing distinctive texture and silhouette over neutrality.
Spacing appears intentionally tight in the sample text, with dense word shapes and strong horizontal emphasis from the slab terminals. The numerals and round letters (like O/0/8/9) emphasize thick outer shells with small interior openings, reinforcing the punchy, graphic character.