Slab Contrasted Naly 2 is a light, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, editorial display, packaging, quirky, retro, technical, editorial, playful, distinctive texture, constructed display, retro-modern mix, graphic branding, square serifs, bracketless, monoline arcs, ink-trap feel, stencil-like.
This typeface combines very thin, hairline-like curved strokes with abrupt, blocky slab terminals that read as small square “caps” at stroke ends. Many joins are handled with narrow connectors and sharp transitions, creating a high-contrast, constructed rhythm where bowls and arcs feel drawn with a light pen while stems resolve into heavy, rectangular feet and head-serifs. Counters are generally open and rounded, with simplified geometry and occasional cut-in notches that add a slightly engineered, ink-trap-like texture. Overall spacing looks generous and the forms tend to run wide, giving lines a spread-out, architectural presence.
Best suited to display settings where its distinctive terminal rhythm can be appreciated—headlines, posters, album or event graphics, and brand marks. It can also work for short editorial accents (pull quotes, section heads) where a graphic, constructed voice is desired, rather than long-running body text.
The tone is graphic and idiosyncratic—part mid-century display, part schematic lettering. The square terminals and hairline connections create a playful tension between delicate and industrial, lending the font a quirky, experimental character while still feeling deliberate and designed.
The likely intent is to reinterpret a slab-serif structure with a modern, constructed twist: pairing delicate curves and thin connections with emphatic, modular square terminals to create a memorable, texture-rich display face. The result prioritizes personality and visual rhythm over conventional text neutrality.
The design relies heavily on terminal treatment for its personality: many letters end in consistent square blocks that act like punctuation within the letterforms. In text, these repeated caps create a dotted, rhythmic texture across the baseline and cap line, making the face especially noticeable even at moderate sizes.