Slab Contrasted Nohy 9 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, branding, western, circus, vintage, playful, poster, display impact, signage feel, vintage revival, decorative texture, attention grab, bracketed, bulbous, ink-trap like, soft corners, high-contrast.
A decorative slab-serif with broad proportions, heavy rectangular serifs, and pronounced internal cut-ins that create a stenciled, notched look through many strokes. Forms are built from chunky verticals and wide curves, with dramatic shifts between thick masses and thin connectors, giving counters and bowls a sculpted, almost inlaid feel. Terminals tend to be squared and weighty, while round letters show smooth, inflated curves that contrast with the crisp slab ends. Spacing reads open and headline-oriented, with a lively, slightly irregular rhythm across glyphs.
Best suited to display settings where its sculpted slabs and dramatic thick–thin play can be appreciated: posters, event titles, storefront-style signage, packaging callouts, and bold branding marks. It works particularly well when set with generous tracking and ample line spacing to keep the interior notches from clashing in dense text.
The overall tone feels showmanlike and nostalgic, evoking old posters, fairground signage, and Western/vaudeville typography. Its bold shapes and theatrical notches add a playful, attention-seeking character that reads more expressive than neutral.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic slab-serif signage with a carved, stencil-like twist, prioritizing visual personality and high-impact silhouettes over continuous-text neutrality. The exaggerated slabs and decorative cut-ins seem meant to create a memorable texture and a strong vintage show-card impression.
The distinctive mid-stroke cut-ins and serif blocks create strong black-and-white patterning at larger sizes, but the thin bridges and interior notches become visually busy as size decreases. Numerals and caps carry especially strong display presence, with round characters emphasizing the font’s inflated, high-impact silhouette.