Slab Contrasted Hodi 9 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, italic, tall x-height font visually similar to 'Vitesse' by Hoefler & Co. and 'Glypha' by Linotype (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: sports branding, posters, headlines, packaging, merchandise, sporty, retro, assertive, industrial, punchy, impact, speed, ruggedness, nostalgia, display, slab serif, oblique, compact counters, ink-trap notches, blocky.
A heavy, oblique slab-serif with broad proportions and a compact internal rhythm. Strokes are robust and largely even, with chunky rectangular slabs and subtle notched junctions that create a slightly cut-in, ink-trap-like texture at joins. Curves are squarish and tightened, producing small counters in letters like O, a, e, and 8, while diagonals in A, V, W, X, and Y read strongly under the consistent slant. The lowercase shows a tall x-height and sturdy, workmanlike forms, giving the font a dense, high-impact silhouette in text and display settings.
Best suited to display use where strong presence is required: sports and team identities, event posters, bold editorial headlines, packaging, and merchandise. It also works well for short promotional copy and signage where the oblique emphasis helps suggest speed and urgency.
The overall tone is bold and energetic, with a distinctly athletic, signage-like confidence. Its slanted stance and blocky slabs evoke vintage sports graphics and robust industrial branding, prioritizing impact and momentum over delicacy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a vintage-leaning slab-serif voice—combining a forward slant, broad letterforms, and rugged details to stay legible at large sizes while projecting strength and motion.
Numerals are especially weighty and rounded-rectangular, matching the tight counters of the uppercase. The set maintains a consistent forward lean and firm baseline presence, with squared terminals and slab endings reinforcing a poster-friendly, headline-driven texture.