Slab Contrasted Piba 3 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Bree Serif' and 'LFT Etica Sheriff' by TypeTogether and 'Paul Slab' and 'Paul Slab Soft' by artill (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, sports branding, signage, assertive, industrial, retro, athletic, editorial, impact, durability, vintage feel, signage clarity, brand presence, blocky, robust, bracketed, compact, sturdy.
A heavy, block-forward slab serif with broad proportions and tightly enclosed counters. The strokes are strongly weighted with minimal modulation, while the serifs read as blunt, rectangular slabs with slight bracketing that helps soften joins. Curves are full and rounded (notably in C, O, S), but terminals stay square and decisive, creating a steady, poster-like rhythm. The numerals match the letterforms in mass and footprint, with bold, simple shapes designed to hold up at large sizes.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and display settings where strong impact and sturdy readability are needed. It also fits packaging, labels, and signage that benefit from an emphatic, vintage-leaning slab serif voice. In long text, it will create a very dark, attention-grabbing color that works more as a stylistic statement than a neutral reading face.
The overall tone is confident and forceful, with a workmanlike, no-nonsense character. Its chunky slabs and dense color evoke vintage printing, athletic signage, and industrial labeling, leaning more toward loud clarity than refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a classic slab-serif framework: broad, simplified forms, firm serifs, and consistent weight to stay legible and authoritative at display sizes.
Spacing appears generous enough to keep the dense forms from clogging, but the interior spaces remain relatively small, so the texture becomes very dark in paragraphs. Uppercase forms feel especially stable and rectangular, while the lowercase maintains the same muscular presence rather than turning conversational or calligraphic.