Slab Contrasted Nara 9 is a bold, very wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, logotypes, headlines, sports branding, packaging, industrial, retro, mechanical, display, sporty, impact, distinctiveness, industrial feel, signage style, retro tech, extended, squared, rounded corners, slab serifs, stencil cuts.
A heavy, extended slab-serif design with squared proportions softened by rounded corners and radiused curves. Strokes show a crisp, engineered contrast: sturdy verticals pair with thinner horizontal joins and inset bars, creating a layered, cut-out look. Serifs are blocky and rectangular, often connected by thin mid-strokes that read like internal braces, while bowls and counters stay wide and open. The overall rhythm is compact and modular, with consistent terminals and a slightly segmented construction across both uppercase and lowercase.
Best suited to display settings where its extended width and internal detailing can be appreciated—branding, posters, headers, and bold packaging titles. It can also work for signage-style applications and sports or tech-themed graphics, while smaller text may lose the finer internal cuts.
The tone is assertive and mechanical, evoking industrial labeling, retro technology, and bold scoreboard or equipment graphics. Its strong silhouette and built-in “machined” detailing give it a confident, slightly futuristic character with a classic display sensibility.
The design appears intended to deliver a wide, powerful slab-serif voice with a manufactured, braced construction—combining strong readability from broad forms with distinctive, stencil-like interior structure for memorable display impact.
Many glyphs incorporate thin interior crosspieces or notches that resemble stencil bridges, adding texture and helping distinguish forms at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same squared, rounded-rectangle logic, maintaining a cohesive, engineered feel across the set.