Slab Contrasted Pyfy 10 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Vigor DT' by DTP Types, 'Auster Slab' by Resistenza, 'Marek Slab' by Rosario Nocera, 'Core Slab M' by S-Core, and 'Arventa Slab Pro' by preussTYPE (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, western, vintage, sturdy, bold, playful, attention, nostalgia, boldness, impact, chunky, bracketed, ink-trap, soft corners, poster.
A heavy, blocky slab-serif with broad proportions and compact counters. The serifs are thick and mostly squared, often softly bracketed into the stems, giving the shapes a carved, sturdy feel rather than a sharp mechanical one. Curves are full and rounded while joins and interior corners show slight notching/ink-trap behavior, helping keep apertures and counters from closing at such a dense weight. Letterforms lean toward simple, high-impact geometry with a steady baseline and emphatic terminals, producing a loud, headline-first texture.
Best suited to display sizes where its thick slabs and tight counters can project impact—posters, headlines, storefront-style signage, packaging, and bold logotypes. It can work for short bursts of text, but its dense color and compact internal spaces make it more effective for emphasis than for long reading.
The overall tone is assertive and nostalgic, evoking classic poster lettering and old-style display signage. Its chunky slabs and rounded shapes add friendliness to the weight, creating a confident, slightly playful “heritage” voice rather than a sleek contemporary one.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a classic slab-serif, poster-inspired personality, balancing sturdy rectangular structure with rounded curves and subtle corner shaping to maintain clarity at heavy weights.
Uppercase forms read particularly monumental, while lowercase stays robust and compact, with single-storey shapes where visible (e.g., a, g) that reinforce an informal display character. Numerals are similarly heavy and attention-grabbing, designed to hold up in large, high-contrast applications.