Slab Contrasted Gisa 8 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Lapoya' by Cuchi, qué tipo (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, merchandise, retro, sporty, loud, playful, poster-ready, attention grabbing, retro display, motion emphasis, brand voice, impactful titling, chunky, rounded, bracketed, ink-trap, swashy.
A heavy, right-leaning slab serif with broad proportions and a tight, compact color on the line. Strokes are dense and mostly monolinear at a distance, with subtle modulation and softened, rounded joins that keep the forms from feeling rigid. The serifs read as chunky slabs with gentle bracketing, and many letters show carved or notched interior details that create small white wedges and scoops. Counters are relatively small for the weight, while terminals and corners are consistently blunted, giving the design a molded, display-oriented silhouette.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, poster typography, sports or event branding, packaging callouts, and merchandise graphics. The dense weight and distinctive interior notches can lose clarity at small sizes, so it performs most reliably when given room to breathe and printed or rendered large.
The overall tone is energetic and assertive, with a distinctly retro, sports-and-posters flavor. The chunky slabs and italic slant suggest motion and impact, while the quirky notches add a playful, slightly cartoonish edge. It feels built to grab attention rather than disappear into long-form reading.
The design appears intended as a punchy display slab that combines a sense of speed with a crafted, retro character. Its heavy slabs, compact counters, and decorative cut-ins prioritize personality and visual momentum over neutrality.
Spacing appears intentionally tight for a compact, headline texture, and the heavy weight makes the internal cut-ins particularly noticeable in letters like A, Q, R, and several lowercase forms. Numerals are similarly bold and dynamic, matching the uppercase’s mass and slant for consistent display use.