Slab Contrasted Ihji 2 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, magazine titling, confident, retro, editorial, sporty, assertive, impact, emphasis, heritage, headline focus, brand voice, bracketed, chunky, ink-trapless, lively, compact.
A sturdy italic slab-serif with thick, rectangular serifs and clearly bracketed joins that soften the slab transitions. Strokes show noticeable contrast, with strong verticals and slightly lighter connecting strokes, and the overall rhythm leans forward with a consistent slant. Counters are fairly open for the weight, terminals are blunt and squared-off, and the forms feel wide-set with generous horizontal presence. Numerals and lowercase include a few livelier details—such as curled or hooked terminals and a single-storey italic-style “a”—that add motion without sacrificing solidity.
Best suited to headlines, titles, and short emphatic copy where the heavy slabs and italic motion can do the work. It fits posters, sports and team branding, punchy packaging, and magazine or newspaper-style titling where a strong, classic voice is desirable.
The tone is bold and energetic, combining a classic print feel with a punchy, headline-ready attitude. It suggests mid-century editorial and sports display aesthetics—confident, slightly nostalgic, and attention-grabbing.
The design appears intended to deliver high-impact italic emphasis with a traditional slab-serif backbone—pairing robust, print-friendly serifs with a forward-leaning, energetic stance for display-led typography.
The italic construction reads as a true designed italic rather than a simple oblique: several letters show customized shapes and terminals, and the slabs stay prominent even as the forms lean forward. In longer text the heavy weight and strong serifs create a dense, emphatic color that favors display sizes over continuous reading.