Slab Contrasted Gisa 7 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, logos, playful, poster, retro, western, rowdy, attention, retro display, theatrical, decorative texture, bold branding, chunky, bouncy, wedge-serif, ink-trap, soft-corners.
A chunky, right-leaning display slab with broad proportions, heavy weight, and a lively, uneven rhythm across forms. Strokes are carved with distinctive notches and internal cut-ins that read like ink traps or chiseled bites, producing sharp white highlights in counters and at joins. Serifs are slab-like and often wedge-shaped, with softened corners and slightly bulging curves that keep the texture buoyant rather than rigid. The overall color is dense and high-impact, while the irregular interior details create sparkle and a hand-cut, stamped feel in both uppercase and lowercase.
Best suited to short, bold settings such as headlines, posters, shop or event signage, packaging, and logo wordmarks where the carved details can be appreciated. It can work for playful editorial openers or pull quotes, but the busy interior shaping is likely to overpower long body copy at smaller sizes.
The tone is exuberant and attention-grabbing, mixing a vintage showcard energy with a tongue-in-cheek, frontier/carnival flair. Its sculpted cut-ins give it a mischievous, slightly rough-and-tumble character that feels more performative than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a bold, theatrical texture—combining slab-serif structure with decorative cut-ins that add motion and personality. It prioritizes memorable silhouettes and a lively black-and-white interplay for expressive display typography.
The alphabet shows deliberate, repeated interior nicks and tapered openings that create strong micro-contrast and prevent large black areas from feeling flat. Numerals follow the same carved motif, maintaining consistent personality and making the set feel cohesive for display use.