Slab Contrasted Fubi 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, signage, rugged, confident, retro, industrial, playful, impact, nostalgia, sturdiness, attention, chunky, bracketed, rounded, ink-trap-like, heavyweight.
A heavy, slab-serif display face with chunky proportions and compact counters, set on a sturdy, even rhythm. Strokes are thick with subtle contrast, and the serifs are broad and bracketed, giving terminals a carved, blocky finish. Curves are generously rounded, and several joins show small triangular notches and scoop-like cut-ins that read like ink-trap-inspired detailing, helping keep interior spaces open at large sizes. Overall spacing feels robust and slightly tight, producing a dense, impactful text color.
Best suited to high-impact applications such as posters, headlines, storefront or event signage, and packaging where a strong, vintage-leaning slab voice is desirable. It can also work for short subheads or callouts when you want a compact, emphatic texture, but the dense weight suggests avoiding long body text.
The tone is bold and assertive with a distinctly retro, workmanlike attitude—part Western poster, part industrial label. The soft rounding and notched joins add a friendly, slightly quirky warmth that keeps it from feeling purely utilitarian.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence and legibility in display sizes through broad slabs, rounded curves, and notched detailing that preserves counters under heavy weight. It aims for a nostalgic, print-forward character that reads clearly while projecting toughness and charm.
Uppercase forms are especially squat and weighty, while lowercase maintains the same thick, sculpted character with prominent serifs and rounded bowls. Numerals match the alphabet’s blocky geometry and hold up well in headline settings, maintaining the same dense color and sturdy silhouettes.