Slab Contrasted Nova 1 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font visually similar to 'Pason' by The Native Saint Club (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, game ui, industrial, techno, retro, stencil, impact, constructed, signage, futurism, blocky, geometric, squared, ink-trap, modular.
A compact, heavy display slab with squared geometry and strongly rounded corners. The design uses deliberate interior cutouts and notched joins that create a stencil-like, segmented construction, producing pronounced positive/negative rhythm across stems, bowls, and counters. Slab terminals read as blunt and rectangular, while the inner shaping introduces sharp contrast through carved apertures and narrow connectors. The lowercase maintains a large x-height with simplified forms; overall spacing appears tight, and the silhouette stays highly rectilinear with occasional softened corners.
Best suited to large-scale display use where its cut-in details can be appreciated: posters, headlines, identity marks, packaging, and entertainment or game/UI titling. It can also work for short calls-to-action or labels where an industrial, fabricated feel is desired.
The tone feels industrial and engineered—like lettering cut from plate metal or routed into plastic. The repeated breaks and insets add a techno, retro-futurist flavor, suggesting utilitarian labeling and sci‑fi interface aesthetics rather than traditional book typography.
The design appears intended to merge a bold slab framework with a constructed, stencil-like system of internal breaks, creating a distinctive high-impact display face. Its consistent notching and modular counters suggest an emphasis on texture, attitude, and a manufactured/technical voice over neutral readability.
The segmented construction can reduce clarity in small sizes, but it creates a strong graphic texture in headlines. Numerals and capitals are especially assertive and monolithic, while the lowercase echoes the same modular logic for consistent texture across mixed-case settings.