Slab Contrasted Piwu 2 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, children’s media, playful, circus, retro, chunky, quirky, attention grabbing, retro display, whimsical tone, poster impact, wedge serifs, soft corners, bouncy rhythm, irregular baseline, poster-like.
A heavy, compact slab-serif with chunky stems, broad terminals, and slightly flared, wedge-like serifs. The letterforms show gentle irregularities in contour and stance, creating a subtly wavy rhythm and a hand-cut feel despite an overall upright structure. Counters are generally small and rounded, with soft corners and simplified joins that keep the texture dense at display sizes. Numerals and capitals are similarly weighty, with a lively mix of straight and curved forms that preserves a consistent dark color across lines.
Best suited to display work where a bold, characterful voice is needed—headlines, posters, event graphics, storefront signage, and packaging. It can work for short blurbs or captions when set with generous tracking and leading, but it is most effective as an attention-driving title face.
The overall tone is cheerful and theatrical, leaning toward a vintage show-poster and carnival aesthetic. Its buoyant shapes and uneven energy read as friendly and attention-grabbing rather than formal or technical.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a whimsical, retro-leaning slab-serif silhouette, combining sturdy structure with playful irregularity for memorable, high-contrast display typography.
The heaviest parts of the design sit in the verticals and main curves, while the slab details stay bold and prominent, helping letters hold together in short bursts of text. The texture becomes quite emphatic in paragraphs, so spacing and line length will strongly affect readability and mood.