Slab Contrasted Onfu 5 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, playful, retro, quirky, chunky, loud, attention-grabbing, retro display, quirky branding, bold readability, blocky, poster-like, decorative, knockout, high-impact.
A heavy, slab-serif display face with broad, rectangular serifs and stout stems that create a dense, inked-in silhouette. Curves are generously rounded and often slightly squarish, while joins and terminals stay blunt and emphatic. Several forms show quirky, cut-in details and angular notches that break up the black mass, giving the alphabet a lively, irregular rhythm. Counters are compact and the overall spacing feels tight, reinforcing a bold, sign-like presence in both caps and lowercase.
Best suited to short, prominent text where personality and impact matter—posters, headlines, storefront or event signage, packaging callouts, and logo wordmarks. It can work for subheads or short blurbs at larger sizes, but the dense weight and decorative cut-ins make it less ideal for long passages.
The tone is energetic and cheeky, with a vintage showcard flavor that reads as friendly rather than formal. Its exaggerated slabs and idiosyncratic cuts add a handcrafted, novelty feel suited to attention-grabbing messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch with a playful, vintage-leaning slab structure. By combining oversized slabs with quirky internal cuts, it aims to be memorable and distinctive in display settings.
The font maintains a consistent heavy texture across the set, but with purposeful variation in interior shaping and small cutouts that add character. Numerals follow the same chunky construction and simplified geometry, keeping the color uniform in mixed text.