Slab Contrasted Suwo 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, packaging, logos, assertive, retro, industrial, sports, sturdy, display impact, brand distinctiveness, rugged legibility, athletic tone, blocky, bracketless, ink-trap feel, notched, compact apertures.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with strongly squared terminals and a broad footprint. Strokes are predominantly rectilinear with rounded outer curves on bowls, creating a chunky, machined silhouette. Many joins and corners show deliberate notches and cut-ins that read like small counters or ink-trap–style bites, adding texture and rhythm to the otherwise solid mass. Counters are relatively compact, and the overall spacing feels tight and punchy, optimized for impact rather than delicacy.
Best suited to headlines, posters, merchandise, and branding where dense black letterforms need to hold attention at a distance. It can also work for packaging and short bursts of copy (taglines, labels, signage), but the compact counters and heavy texture make it less comfortable for long-form reading at smaller sizes.
The tone is bold and no-nonsense, mixing a vintage athletic/collegiate flavor with a rugged, industrial edge. The notched detailing adds a playful, branded character—confident and attention-grabbing—without becoming script-like or decorative in a fragile way.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a recognizable, branded texture—combining slab-serif solidity with distinctive notches to stand out in display settings. The consistent, engineered shapes suggest an aim toward confident, repeatable letterforms for logos and bold titling.
Uppercase forms feel especially monumental, with slab-like horizontals and strong, squared shoulders. Numerals are equally blocky and display-oriented, matching the same cut-in detailing and dense color for consistent headline presence.