Slab Contrasted Ohko 9 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, branding, packaging, western, circus, retro, playful, punchy, attention, vintage signage, thematic display, decorative impact, blocky, notched, bulbous, cartoonish, posterlike.
A heavy, block-built display face with slab-like terminals and pronounced internal notch cuts that create bright counters and a slightly stencil-adjacent feel. Curves are broad and rounded, while stems and horizontals are squared off, producing a strong, chunky silhouette. The design shows noticeable stroke contrast in places—especially where thick bodies meet sharper interior cut-ins—giving the letters a sculpted, carved look. Spacing appears generous and the overall rhythm is bold and steady, prioritizing impact over fine detail.
Best suited to large sizes where the notched details and slab terminals can be appreciated—posters, storefront or event signage, bold branding, and packaging labels. It can also work for short bursts of display copy (taglines, callouts), but its strong personality may overwhelm long-form reading.
The notched slabs and inflated curves evoke vintage Americana—part Western signage, part circus poster. It reads as confident and extroverted, with a wink of novelty that feels festive and attention-grabbing rather than formal or restrained.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a vintage display flavor, combining sturdy slab-like structure with decorative cut-ins to create a memorable, sign-painterly silhouette. It aims to feel classic and showy at once, optimized for attention and thematic styling.
Uppercase forms are particularly architectural, with deep side cutouts on letters like E/F/L and strong, squared shoulders on M/N. Lowercase keeps the same chunky logic, mixing rounded bowls (a, b, o) with abrupt slab endings, which adds a lively, slightly quirky texture in text. Numerals are bold and simplified, matching the headline-first intent.