Slab Contrasted Miri 4 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, signage, western, circus, victorian, playful, poster, vintage display, poster impact, woodtype revival, space saving, bracketed, compressed, high-impact, decorative, retro.
A heavy, compressed serif with pronounced slab terminals and bracketed joins that give the letterforms a carved, woodtype feel. Strokes show visible contrast, with thick verticals and comparatively thinner connecting strokes, while the serifs read as blocky feet and caps that square off many forms. Counters are tight and apertures are relatively closed, creating dense black shapes and strong vertical rhythm. The lowercase includes a few idiosyncratic forms (notably in letters like g, y, and j) with curled or drooping terminals that add ornament without breaking overall consistency.
Best suited to large sizes where its dense color and decorative slabs can read clearly—posters, headlines, storefront-style signage, event branding, and packaging fronts. It can also work for short logo wordmarks or labels, especially where a vintage Western or show-poster tone is desired, but it is likely to feel heavy and busy in long passages of small text.
The font evokes nineteenth‑century display typography—part Western playbill, part circus poster—projecting a bold, theatrical personality. Its compact proportions and emphatic slabs feel assertive and attention-seeking, with a slightly quirky, handcrafted charm.
The design appears intended as a high-impact display face that channels vintage woodtype and slab-serif poster traditions while maintaining a compact, space-efficient width. Its consistent slab terminals and controlled contrast aim to deliver strong silhouette recognition and a distinct period mood in attention-grabbing applications.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same assertive slab logic, but the lowercase introduces more curvature and occasional swash-like endings, increasing expressiveness in running words. Numerals are similarly weighty and decorative, matching the punchy, poster-oriented color of the alphabet.