Slab Contrasted Beky 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, sports identity, retro, poster, circus, sporty, playful, display impact, vintage feel, expressive slant, headline clarity, bracketed, chunky, ink-trap feel, soft corners, swashy.
A heavy, right-leaning slab serif with broad proportions and prominent, bracketed slabs that read as chunky wedges on many terminals. Strokes show moderate internal contrast and a distinctly sculpted quality, with small notches and tapered joins that create an ink-trap-like crispness at tight corners. Curves are generous and slightly squared off, giving bowls and counters a robust, compact feel, while diagonals and cross-strokes keep a lively, slanted rhythm. The lowercase has a more calligraphic, swashy flavor than the uppercase, with fuller joins and a slightly more fluid texture in running text.
Best suited to headlines, short bursts of copy, and large-scale applications where its sculpted slabs and slanted rhythm can be appreciated. It works well for retro-inspired branding, packaging, event posters, and sports or entertainment identities that need impact and a lively, vintage-leaning voice.
The overall tone is bold and extroverted, evoking vintage advertising and show-card lettering with a confident, theatrical energy. Its slanted, chunky forms add motion and punch, making it feel upbeat and attention-seeking rather than formal or restrained.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum display impact through wide, bold silhouettes and distinctive slab serifs, while adding character via tapered joins and notched details that sharpen the forms. The contrasting treatment between the more formal uppercase and the more fluid lowercase suggests an aim for expressive typography that remains cohesive across mixed-case settings.
Spacing appears tuned for display: the strong serifs and angled terminals create distinctive word shapes, but the dense black mass can build quickly in longer passages. Numerals are equally weighty and stylized, matching the letterforms’ wedge-like detailing and giving figures a sign-painting, headline-friendly presence.