Slab Contrasted Nanu 9 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, industrial, mechanical, retro, quirky, stenciled, modular display, technical feel, texture building, deconstruction, slabbed, ink-trap, modular, geometric, notched.
A high-contrast display face built from a modular, slabbed skeleton: thin, hairline-like connectors carry heavy rectangular terminals and bars. Many joins are broken into separate blocks, creating deliberate gaps and notches that read like stencil bridges or ink-trap cutouts. Curves (C, G, O, S, and the bowls in lowercase) are smooth and fairly geometric, while the straight-sided letters lean on blunt, squared finishing. Proportions are mixed—some glyphs are compact and blocky while others open up with longer horizontals—producing an uneven, intentionally varied rhythm across the set.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and identity work where its segmented slabs can be appreciated at larger sizes. It can add a distinctive engineered look to packaging, labels, and signage, and works well for short bursts of text where texture and attitude matter more than continuous reading comfort.
The overall tone is industrial and engineered, with a slightly playful, deconstructed twist. The segmented slabs and narrow connectors evoke technical lettering, labeling, or machine-made signage, while the dramatic alternation of heavy blocks and thin links adds a quirky, experimental flavor.
The design appears intended to reinterpret slab-serif structure through a modular, fragmented construction—pairing confident rectangular terminals with minimal connecting strokes to create a bold, technical texture. The result emphasizes graphic impact and pattern-making rather than conventional book typography.
At text sizes the internal breaks and slab segments become the dominant texture, forming a dotted, interrupted baseline and cap-line pattern. Numerals and punctuation follow the same cut-and-block logic, helping the style remain cohesive in mixed alphanumeric settings.