Slab Weird Upju 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, event promos, playful, quirky, retro, chunky, novelty, attention-grabbing, retro flavor, quirk injection, display impact, stencil-like, bulbous, ink-trap, soft corners, crisp joins.
A very heavy, soft-cornered slab display with wide, rounded bowls and blunt, blocky terminals. Many glyphs feature intentional internal cutouts that read as stencil-like bridges, creating strong black/white banding through counters and along joins. Strokes swell into bulbous forms and then pinch into narrow connectors, producing a punchy rhythm and uneven, characterful spacing. Lowercase is compact with single-storey forms and simplified construction, while figures and caps keep the same chunky silhouette and pronounced internal breaks.
Best suited to short, high-impact copy such as posters, headlines, album or event titles, and bold packaging callouts. The strong silhouette and quirky internal cutouts also make it a good candidate for playful branding and logo wordmarks, especially where a retro or offbeat personality is desired.
The overall tone is eccentric and upbeat, mixing a retro sign-painting feel with a toy-like, cartoonish heft. Its repeated cutouts add a mischievous, engineered look—part Western poster, part novelty stamp—making text feel energetic and intentionally odd.
The design appears intended as an attention-grabbing display face that exaggerates slab structure and counter shapes, using stencil-like breaks to inject novelty and texture. It prioritizes personality and silhouette over neutrality, aiming for memorable, poster-ready impact.
The horizontal breaks can visually merge across letters in tight settings, so it benefits from generous tracking and ample line spacing. The distinctive crossbars and bridged counters make it most effective at larger sizes where the internal details stay crisp.