Slab Contrasted Elly 2 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logotypes, western, poster, vintage, playful, punchy, display impact, retro feel, wood-type nod, attention grabbing, high legibility, chunky, bracketed, ink-trap, soft-rounded, blocky.
A chunky slab serif with heavy, nearly monoline stems and broad, rectangular slabs that read as strongly bracketed. The shapes are wide and compact, with generous counters and a tall, sturdy lowercase that holds its weight evenly across the line. Many joins show small notch-like cut-ins (ink-trap style details) that add crispness to interior corners and help keep counters open at this extreme weight. Terminals are flat and blunt, while curves are broadly rounded, producing a steady, low-detail rhythm that stays highly legible at display sizes.
Best for posters, large headlines, and signage where its bold slabs and wide proportions can project clearly. It also fits branding applications like packaging and logotypes that want a vintage or Western-leaning display voice with strong typographic presence.
The overall tone is bold and extroverted, with a classic poster sensibility and a clear Western/wood-type flavor. Its weight and wide stance feel confident and a bit playful, suited to attention-grabbing headlines rather than quiet text settings.
The design appears intended as a high-impact display slab that references wood-type and traditional poster lettering, combining massive slabs with subtle interior cut-ins to preserve clarity and add character at very heavy weights.
Figures are heavy and rounded, matching the lowercase’s soft geometry and maintaining strong color in strings of numerals. The notched interior corners and broad slabs create distinctive texture in dense lines, which can look intentional and decorative at larger sizes but may feel crowded in long paragraphs.