Slab Normal Yizu 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, stickers, sports branding, playful, punchy, friendly, retro, impact, approachability, retro flavor, attention-grab, rounded, chunky, soft, bouncy, ink-trap.
A heavy, rounded slab with a pronounced rightward slant and broadly proportioned letterforms. Strokes are thick and fairly even, with compact, softened slab terminals that read as built-in serifs rather than sharp finishing strokes. Counters are small and often pinched, and many joins show subtle notches and bulges that create an intentionally lumpy, inked silhouette. Overall spacing is generous and the forms stay compact and sturdy, producing a dense, high-impact texture in text.
Best suited to short, high-contrast applications such as headlines, posters, logos, packaging, and bold labeling where its rounded slabs and slanted stance can carry personality. It can work for brief bursts of text in ads or social graphics, but the tight counters and dense texture suggest avoiding very small sizes or long reading passages.
The font feels warm and approachable, trading crisp precision for a buoyant, cartoon-like solidity. Its soft corners and swollen shapes add a humorous, throwback flavor—more “fun poster” than “formal editorial.”
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a friendly, softened slab structure—combining sturdy, workmanlike skeletons with playful rounding and a lively italic slant for energetic display typography.
Uppercase characters maintain a consistent blocky rhythm, while the lowercase adds extra bounce through varied widths and soft, bulbous terminals. Numerals match the same rounded, compact construction, keeping the set visually cohesive at display sizes.