Slab Contrasted Dira 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Franqueline Slab' by Sudtipos (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, logo marks, retro, sporty, assertive, playful, showy, impact, movement, vintage flair, headline clarity, brand presence, chunky, bracketed, ink-trap like, bouncy, compact counters.
A heavy italic slab serif with broad proportions and a strongly graphic, cut-from-solid feel. Strokes show clear, consistent contrast, with thick main strokes and slimmer joins and terminals. The serifs are slab-like and often sharply angled or wedge-cut, creating energetic entry and exit points; several letters show small notches and cut-ins that read like ink-traps or stencil-like carving. Curves are full and rounded, counters are relatively compact, and the overall rhythm is punchy and forward-leaning rather than delicate.
Best suited to display settings where the weight and italic momentum can carry the design—headlines, posters, event graphics, sports-themed branding, and bold packaging. It can also work for short callouts or subheads where a vintage, high-impact voice is needed, but will feel heavy in long-form text.
The tone is bold and extroverted, with a vintage display energy that suggests speed and impact. Its slanted, chunky forms feel confident and slightly playful, lending a classic Americana/sports headline mood with a hint of poster-era drama.
The design appears aimed at delivering maximum impact with a classic slab-serif base, combining pronounced slant, chunky massing, and carved details to stay readable while feeling dynamic and distinctive in large sizes.
Uppercase forms are especially blocky and emblematic, while lowercase keeps the same weight and slant, producing a dense texture in paragraphs. Numerals are stout and stylized, matching the letterforms’ wedge-cut terminals and giving set numbers a strong, sign-like presence.