Slab Contrasted Budi 7 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, sports branding, signage, retro, lively, confident, friendly, sporty, attention grabbing, vintage flavor, display impact, energetic tone, brand voice, chunky, bracketed, rounded, bouncy, high-impact.
A heavy, right-leaning serif design with chunky, bracketed slab forms and a compact, energetic rhythm. Strokes show noticeable thick–thin modulation, with pronounced horizontal slabs and smoothly rounded joins that keep the texture from feeling rigid. Counters are relatively tight and the overall silhouette is sturdy, while the italic slant and curved terminals add motion. Numerals and capitals carry strong presence and the lowercase maintains a consistent, sturdy color across lines of text.
Best suited to display work where weight and slanted momentum can do the talking—headlines, posters, bold pull quotes, event promotions, and packaging. It can also work for short subheads or labels when you want a classic slab feel with extra energy, but it will be less comfortable for extended small-size reading due to its dense color and tight counters.
The overall tone feels retro and upbeat, pairing bold authority with a warm, approachable character. Its slanted, punchy shapes suggest motion and showmanship, giving it a spirited, promotional voice rather than a quiet editorial one.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, italicized slab-serif voice that combines vintage signage cues with a contemporary, high-impact presence. Its bracketed slabs, rounded shaping, and noticeable contrast aim to be attention-grabbing while staying friendly and legible at display sizes.
The letterforms emphasize strong entry/exit strokes and rounded internal shaping, producing a slightly "bouncy" baseline impression in longer samples. The heavy serifs and dense strokes create a dark typographic color that benefits from generous spacing and sizes where the distinctive slab details can read clearly.