Slab Contrasted Vadi 3 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, playful, carnival, retro, quirky, handmade, attention grab, retro display, handcrafted feel, quirky charm, chunky, bracketed, flared, tapered, bouncy.
A heavy, compact slab-serif with chunky stems and pronounced bracketed slabs that often flare into wedge-like terminals. Stroke endings are irregularly angled, creating a subtly cut-paper feel, while counters stay fairly open for the weight. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, and the baseline rhythm reads intentionally uneven, with small shifts in stance and width that add motion. Lowercase forms are sturdy and compact, with a relatively low x-height and short extenders compared to the mass of the letters; numerals follow the same stout, poster-like construction.
Best suited to display sizes—posters, headlines, packaging, labels, and signage—where its chunky slabs and animated rhythm can read as a deliberate stylistic choice. It can also work for short bursts of copy (taglines, callouts, menus) when given ample spacing to avoid darkening into a solid block.
The overall tone is lively and slightly mischievous, with a vintage showcard energy that feels at home in playful, attention-grabbing settings. Its uneven edges and bouncy rhythm suggest a human, handcrafted spirit rather than a strictly engineered display face.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold slab-serif voice with a handcrafted, showy edge—combining sturdy, attention-holding silhouettes with irregular terminal angles to create movement and personality. The variable widths and lively stance suggest an aim toward expressive, vintage-leaning display typography rather than neutral text setting.
In longer lines the strong weight and busy terminals create a dense texture, so the type benefits from generous tracking and comfortable line spacing. The most distinctive character comes from the angled, sometimes asymmetric slab endings and the intentionally variable widths, which keep repeated letters from feeling rigid.