Slab Contrasted Ohzi 5 is a very bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, logotypes, packaging, western, vintage, poster, bold, friendly, impact, nostalgia, display, bracketed, softened, chunky, high-impact, sturdy.
A heavy, compact slab-serif design with broad proportions and strongly bracketed serifs that read as thick blocks rather than hairline terminals. Strokes are consistently weighty, with subtle modulation and softened corners that keep the forms from feeling mechanical. Counters are relatively small for the weight, and the overall rhythm is tight and solid, emphasizing mass and legibility at larger sizes. The lowercase is robust and rounded in its joins, while the uppercase maintains a sturdy, billboard-like silhouette.
This font is best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, storefront-style signage, and branding marks where its weight and slab structure can carry from a distance. It also works well on packaging and labels that benefit from a vintage, bold typographic voice, especially in short phrases or stacked layouts.
The tone leans classic and Americana, evoking old posters, storefront lettering, and athletic or collegiate display vernacular. Its chunky slabs and confident presence feel upbeat and approachable rather than formal, giving text a punchy, nostalgic personality.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a nostalgic slab-serif flavor, combining thick, bracketed serifs with rounded, friendly drawing. It prioritizes strong silhouettes and an even, emphatic typographic color for attention-grabbing display typography.
In the sample text, the dense color and compact internal space create strong texture, making it most effective where impact matters more than airy readability. Numerals share the same blocky, slabbed construction, helping the set feel cohesive for headlines and numbering.