Slab Contrasted Mity 9 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, logotypes, packaging, industrial, mechanical, retro, stern, graphic, space-saving display, industrial voice, poster impact, graphic rigidity, signage clarity, condensed, angular, rectilinear, slabbed, notched.
A tall, tightly condensed display face built from rectilinear strokes with pronounced slab-like terminals. Stems are heavy and consistent, while counters and joins are squared off, creating a segmented, almost modular construction. Many curves are simplified into straight-sided forms, and several letters show stepped or notched transitions at corners, giving a machined look. Spacing appears compact and the overall rhythm is vertical and disciplined, with small interior apertures that reinforce the dense color on the page.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and short emphatic lines where the condensed width helps fit more characters into a limited space. It also works well for signage, packaging, and logo wordmarks that benefit from a rigid, industrial presence and high-impact black shapes.
The tone feels industrial and mechanical, with a retro, poster-era sharpness. Its rigid geometry and compressed proportions read as assertive and utilitarian, leaning toward technical labeling and vintage signage rather than conversational text.
The design appears intended as a condensed, high-impact display serif that fuses slab terminals with a squared, engineered construction. It prioritizes vertical emphasis and graphic uniformity to create a distinctive, vintage-industrial voice for titles and branding.
The strong terminal treatment and squared shaping produce clear silhouettes at larger sizes, but the narrow apertures and compressed widths can make long passages feel busy. Numerals and capitals share the same tall, slabbed architecture, keeping the set visually uniform.