Slab Contrasted Pyma 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, branding, packaging, western, circus, woodtype, retro, bold, vintage display, signage feel, decorative texture, high impact, notched, beveled, blocky, decorative, high-impact.
A heavy, block-based serif design with slabby terminals and distinctive notched cut-ins that create a chiseled, poster-like silhouette. The outlines are crisp and mostly rectilinear, with angular corners and small internal wedges that give counters a sculpted, stencil-adjacent feel without fully breaking the forms. Uppercase letters read compact and sturdy, while the lowercase keeps similarly chunky structure with short extenders and large, open bowls. Numerals follow the same carved detailing, producing a consistent, high-impact texture in lines of text.
Best suited to large-format display work such as posters, event titles, signage, and punchy branding where the carved detailing can be appreciated. It can also work on packaging or labels seeking a vintage, showman-like presence, especially when used sparingly for emphasis rather than for extended reading.
The overall tone leans strongly toward vintage display aesthetics—evoking old posters, fairground and saloon signage, and classic woodtype-inspired advertising. The notched detailing adds a sense of hand-carved character, giving the face an assertive, playful theatricality rather than a purely utilitarian voice.
The design appears intended to modernize a classic, slabby display structure with consistent notched ornamentation, aiming for immediate impact and a nostalgic sign-painting/woodtype flavor. Its proportions and detailing prioritize recognizability and character in short phrases over neutrality in text-heavy settings.
The repeated interior nicks and corner cuts create a strong rhythmic pattern across words, which becomes a defining texture at headline sizes. In longer lines, the dense weight and decorative cut-ins can visually accumulate, so spacing and size choices will strongly influence clarity and color.