Slab Contrasted Egro 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, branding, packaging, western, retro, punchy, playful, poster, high impact, vintage evoke, signage feel, display clarity, stamped look, slab serif, bracketed, chunky, rounded, heavyweight.
A chunky slab-serif with broad, blocklike forms and softened corners. Strokes are thick and confident, with bracketed slabs and noticeable—but not delicate—contrast that creates a carved, stamped feel in counters and joins. The letterforms are compact and sturdy, with generous interior shapes in rounds (O, Q, 0) and pronounced slabs on verticals and terminals; spacing reads tight and dense in text, amplifying its mass. Numerals and caps share the same heavy, poster-ready construction, with a slightly irregular, hand-cut rhythm across widths and curves.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, headlines, storefront or event signage, and bold branding moments where a vintage, slab-serif voice is desired. It can work for packaging and labels that want a rugged, classic feel, and for short pull quotes or section headers where high impact is more important than extended text readability.
The overall tone is bold and theatrical, evoking vintage display typography associated with show posters, frontier or saloon signage, and mid-century advertising. Its heavy slabs and rounded edges give it a friendly toughness—assertive without feeling sharp or technical. The texture feels loud, attention-seeking, and slightly nostalgic.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a nostalgic slab-serif silhouette: large slabs, rounded corners, and sturdy proportions that read quickly at distance. Its rhythm and subtle irregularity suggest a goal of recreating a hand-cut or print-block aesthetic while staying consistent enough for modern composition.
In longer lines the dense color and tight sidebearings create a strong typographic “wall,” making it most effective when set with ample leading or in short bursts. The distinct slab terminals and rounded joins help maintain character at larger sizes, while small sizes may lose some internal detail due to the heavy weight.