Slab Contrasted Ohvi 6 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, packaging, logos, western, circus, poster, rugged, vintage, impact, heritage feel, hand-printed look, theatrical display, signage style, slab serifs, ink traps, rounded corners, roughened, soft terminals.
A heavy slab-serif display face with broad proportions, compact counters, and pronounced rectangular serifs. Strokes show clear modulation and a slightly uneven, printed texture with small bite-like notches and roughened edges that read as ink spread or worn type. Curves are full and rounded, while joins and terminals are subtly blunted, giving the glyphs a stout, blocky silhouette. Spacing appears open enough for headlines, but the dense interior shapes and textured details make the rhythm feel punchy and assertive.
Best suited to short-form display settings such as posters, event graphics, storefront signage, and bold packaging labels. It can also work for logo wordmarks and badges where a vintage, tactile slab-serif presence is desired, but it is less appropriate for long text at small sizes due to dense counters and deliberate roughness.
The overall tone is bold and showmanlike, with a frontier-meets-playbill character. The distressed, inky finish adds a handcrafted, timeworn feel that suggests heritage printing, signage, and theatrical ephemera rather than modern corporate polish.
The design appears intended to evoke classic slab-serif display typography with a worn, inked printing effect. Its wide stance, sturdy slabs, and textured detailing prioritize impact and personality for attention-grabbing titles and themed branding.
Capital forms are strongly squared-off and stable, while lowercase maintains the same chunky weight and textured edge behavior, creating a consistent voice across cases. Numerals are similarly robust and highly graphic, suited to large-scale use where the rough detail can be appreciated.