Slab Contrasted Favy 7 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, signage, western, circus, poster, rugged, retro, attention, nostalgia, texture, impact, blocky, stenciled, notched, ink-trap, soft-cornered.
A heavy, compact slab serif with broad rectangular stems and robust, bracketless slabs. Many joins and terminals feature distinctive notches and small internal cut-ins, creating a subtly stenciled, ink-trap-like texture that breaks up the mass without reducing overall weight. Curves are rounded but kept tight and sturdy, with counters that stay fairly small, giving the face a dense, poster-ready color. The rhythm is assertive and slightly uneven in a purposeful way, with squarish proportions and emphatic terminals that read clearly at display sizes.
Best suited to display applications where its chunky slabs and notched detailing can be appreciated—posters, headlines, storefront or event signage, badges, and packaging. It can also work for short brand phrases or logotypes that want a vintage, showy presence, but the dense color and tight counters make it less ideal for extended body text.
The notched slabs and block-built forms evoke a show-card, frontier, and circus-signage mood—bold, attention-grabbing, and a bit rough-hewn. It carries a nostalgic, print-era character that feels confident and playful while still projecting solidity.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch with a decorative slab-serif voice, using consistent notching to add character and prevent large dark areas from feeling flat. Its forms prioritize bold silhouettes and a classic display sensibility over neutrality.
The distinctive cut-ins appear consistently across caps, lowercase, and numerals, producing a recognizable texture in words and strong silhouettes in single letters. Spacing looks tuned for impact rather than delicacy, and the heavy interior shapes suggest better performance in headlines than in long passages at small sizes.