Slab Contrasted Ihle 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, sports branding, headlines, packaging, merchandise, retro, athletic, confident, playful, industrial, impact, motion, display, vintage tone, brand voice, slab serif, bracketed serifs, ink-trap feel, soft corners, forward slant.
A heavy, forward-leaning slab serif with compact counters, rounded joins, and sturdy bracketed serifs that read as blocky yet slightly softened. Strokes are broadly uniform with subtle modulation, and many terminals show small notches and cut-in details that create an ink-trap-like texture at corners. The overall color is dense and dark, with a lively, slightly uneven rhythm created by the italic angle and the assertive slab shapes.
Best suited to display sizes where the dense weight and slab detailing can carry impact: posters, bold headlines, apparel graphics, and packaging labels. It can also work for short pull quotes or signage where a retro-industrial voice is desired, but its strong color may feel heavy in long text blocks.
The tone feels bold and energetic, combining a vintage print sensibility with a sporty, poster-ready punch. Its chunky slabs and forward motion give it an optimistic, can-do voice that can swing from collegiate to workwear depending on color and layout.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a classic slab-serif foundation, adding a pronounced forward slant and corner cut-ins to keep large, bold letterforms from feeling static. The result is a display face aimed at attention-grabbing typography with a vintage, energetic edge.
Uppercase forms are wide and weighty with strong horizontals, while lowercase keeps a robust, compact structure that maintains legibility in short lines. Numerals match the same heavy presence and rounded-corner geometry, making the set feel consistent for headlines and display copy.