Slab Contrasted Naba 4 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logotypes, victorian, circus, poster, playful, decorative, high impact, ornamental slab, showcard styling, stencil effect, bracketed, blocky, bulbous, high-waist, ink-trap-like.
A decorative serif with pronounced slab-like terminals and dramatic internal modulation. Many letters show a distinctive “cut-through” treatment: thin connecting strokes and notches interrupt the heavier bowls and slabs, creating a stencil-like, high-waisted rhythm across the alphabet. Capitals are wide and rounded in forms like C, G, O, and Q, while vertical stems often carry strong, blocky feet and caps. Lowercase features compact, rounded bowls (a, e, o) paired with tall, narrow stems (b, d, h, p), and the numerals mix bold slabs with curved, swelling counters, producing an overall lively, uneven texture despite consistent construction.
Best suited to display settings where the cut-through detailing can be appreciated: posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging, and shop or event signage. It can work for short bursts of text, but the repeated internal breaks and strong slabs make it most effective at larger sizes and with ample spacing.
The font conveys a theatrical, turn-of-the-century display tone—part circus bill, part Victorian showcard. Its sliced details and chunky slabs read as confident and attention-seeking, with a quirky, slightly mechanical flair that feels playful rather than formal.
The design appears intended to reinterpret bold slab-serif construction with an ornamental, partially stenciled twist, maximizing character and pattern in headlines. The goal seems to be high impact and memorability through distinctive interruptions, rounded forms, and emphatic terminals.
The recurring mid-stroke breaks and inset joins create strong horizontal accents that become especially noticeable in longer text, giving lines a patterned, ornamental banding. Round letters keep generous counters, helping the dense slab terminals avoid feeling overly dark at display sizes.