Slab Contrasted Onha 14 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, western, bold, playful, rustic, retro, display impact, vintage flavor, signage feel, brand character, blocky, chunky, bracketed, rounded, ink-trap.
A heavy, blocky slab serif with compact proportions and strongly squared construction softened by rounded corners and deep interior cut-ins. Serifs read as bold slabs with slight bracketing and pronounced notches where strokes meet, creating a carved, stencil-like rhythm in many joins. Counters are relatively tight and often asymmetrical, while terminals feel blunt and decisively cut. Lowercase forms are sturdy with a tall x-height and short ascenders/descenders, producing dense, poster-ready texture across lines of text.
Best suited to display sizes where its chunky slabs and decorative cut-ins can read clearly—posters, headlines, branding marks, labels, and signage. It can also work for short, emphatic subheads, but the dense counters and strong detailing may reduce clarity in long body text at smaller sizes.
The overall tone is assertive and characterful, evoking vintage display lettering with a hint of frontier and carnival signage. The notched joins and chunky slabs add a handcrafted, rugged flavor that feels energetic rather than refined.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact while adding a distinctive vintage flavor through notched joints, bracketed slabs, and compact, high-color letterforms. It prioritizes personality and loud presence over neutrality, targeting branding and attention-grabbing display typography.
Several glyphs show distinctive interior wedges and cutaways that increase separation at large sizes and add a decorative, engraved look. Numerals match the weight and squareness of the letters, maintaining a uniform, high-impact color in headlines.