Slab Contrasted Tysi 7 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Edit Serif Arabic', 'Edit Serif Cyrillic', and 'Edit Serif Pro' by Atlas Font Foundry; 'Alkes' by Fontfabric; 'Clara Serif' by Signature Type Foundry; 'Calicanto' by Sudtipos; 'Leida' by The Northern Block; and 'Jozef' by Underscore (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, editorial, packaging, sturdy, confident, retro, collegiate, impact, authority, heritage, display, bracketed, blocky, compact, ink-trap feel, high-ink.
A heavy, slab-serif design with broad proportions and assertive, block-like serifs. Strokes show clear, controlled contrast, with thick verticals and slightly lighter curves and joins, producing a crisp rhythm at display sizes. Serifs appear mostly bracketed and substantial, helping the letters sit firmly on the baseline; terminals are generally blunt and squared-off. Counters are relatively tight for the weight, and the overall texture is dark and dense, with sturdy joins and rounded bowls that keep the forms from feeling brittle.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and branding where a strong typographic voice is needed. It can also work well for editorial display settings, packaging, and signage that benefit from a traditional slab-serif gravity and a dark, high-impact texture.
The tone is bold and authoritative, with a classic, slightly vintage flavor reminiscent of traditional print and signage. Its dense color and emphatic slabs convey confidence and durability, while the subtle softening in curves keeps it approachable rather than purely industrial.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic slab-serif presence with maximum impact, combining sturdy, bracketed slabs with controlled contrast to keep large text crisp and authoritative. It prioritizes bold readability and a confident, print-forward character for display typography.
Caps have a strongly uniform presence and a stable, rectangular silhouette; rounds like C/O/Q read weighty and controlled, and the numerals carry the same poster-like heft. The lowercase maintains a conventional, readable structure, but the heavy weight and tight interior spaces push it toward headline and short-text use.