Slab Contrasted Dilu 7 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, sports, logos, headlines, retro, athletic, headline, confident, playful, impact, retro flavor, sport energy, brand voice, motion, chunky, bouncy, bracketed, ink-trap, lively.
A heavy, right-slanted slab-serif with broad proportions and compact internal spaces. Strokes show noticeable modulation, with rounded joins and pronounced, bracketed slabs that read as sturdy and soft-edged rather than sharp. Curves are full and slightly inflated, and several forms feature teardrop-like terminals and subtle notch/ink-trap details that help keep counters open at display sizes. The overall rhythm is punchy and uneven in an intentional way, giving the alphabet a lively, hand-cut poster feel while remaining consistently constructed across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where its weight, slanted stance, and slab structure can carry impact: posters, branding wordmarks, packaging fronts, sports or event graphics, and bold editorial headlines. It can work for brief subheads or pull quotes, but the dense color and tight counters suggest avoiding long paragraphs at smaller sizes.
The tone is bold and upbeat, blending vintage signage energy with a sporty, attention-grabbing attitude. It feels friendly and a bit mischievous—more “team pennant / diner headline” than formal editorial—designed to project confidence and motion.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visibility with a vintage-leaning, energetic voice: a sturdy slab foundation paired with softened brackets, noticeable modulation, and lively italic movement to create a distinctive, high-impact display texture.
Capitals read compact and blocky with strong horizontal emphasis, while the lowercase introduces more bounce through rounder bowls and lively entry/exit strokes. Numerals follow the same chunky, poster-like logic, maintaining strong presence and recognizable silhouettes in a line of text.