Slab Contrasted Nana 2 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, editorial, western, circus, vintage, playful, display, poster revival, signage feel, attention grabbing, decorative clarity, bracketed, ball terminals, teardrop terminals, ink-trap feel, bouncy.
A high-contrast slab serif with broad proportions and strongly emphasized horizontal slabs. Stems tend to be relatively narrow compared to the generous bowls and counters, creating a punchy light/dark rhythm. Serifs are bold and rectangular with a lightly bracketed feel, and several glyphs show rounded, teardrop-like terminals and cut-in notches that give an ink-trap or stencil-adjacent impression without breaking forms. Curves are smooth and full, while joins and terminals introduce crisp, graphic interruptions that make the texture lively and distinctly display-oriented.
Best suited to short text settings where its contrast and decorative terminal behavior can read clearly—posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging, and editorial display. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers where a vintage, attention-forward tone is desired.
The overall tone feels vintage and showy, with a playful, slightly theatrical character reminiscent of old posters and Western or circus vernacular. Its dramatic contrast and assertive slabs give it a confident, attention-grabbing voice rather than a quiet, neutral one.
The font appears designed to reinterpret classic slab-serif signage with added contrast and distinctive terminal cuts, prioritizing personality and visual punch over neutral text economy. Its wide stance and bold slabs suggest an intention to perform at larger sizes and to evoke a retro display atmosphere.
The design shows noticeable glyph-to-glyph idiosyncrasies (particularly in terminals and cross-stroke treatments), which adds personality and a handmade poster sensibility. Numerals follow the same high-contrast logic, with round figures emphasized by thick horizontal accents.