Slab Contrasted Nofi 9 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, game ui, retro, industrial, playful, arcade, chunky, high impact, retro display, compact branding, industrial flavor, rounded slabs, squared curves, ink-trap cuts, stencil-like, compact.
A heavy, compact slab-serif design with softened corners and squared-off curves that keep the silhouettes blocky and dense. Strokes are thick and mostly uniform, with subtle contrast showing up where terminals meet slabs and in the cut-in joins. Serifs read as integrated rectangular feet and caps, often separated by small notches that create a slightly stencil-like, ink-trap rhythm. Counters are tight and geometric, apertures are small, and the overall texture is dark and punchy, with lively width variation from glyph to glyph.
Best suited to display settings where weight and character are assets: posters, headlines, branding marks, product packaging, and entertainment or arcade-themed graphics. It can also work for short UI labels or titles in games, where its compact, high-impact shapes remain readable at modest sizes.
The font projects a retro, game-like toughness—part industrial sign lettering, part playful display face. Its chunky forms and notched slabs feel mechanical and built, while the rounded corners keep it friendly rather than severe. The result is bold, attention-grabbing, and slightly quirky.
Likely designed to deliver maximum impact in a tight footprint, combining slab-serif structure with rounded, geometric forms and notched junctions to create a distinctive, industrial-retro voice for display typography.
Distinctive notches at serif junctions and inner cutouts add visual snap at small-to-medium display sizes and help separate dense black shapes. Numerals follow the same blocky logic, with simplified bowls and squared terminals that maintain a consistent, sturdy rhythm in strings of text.