Slab Contrasted Ulho 6 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, editorial, robust, assertive, vintage, industrial, impact, authority, readability, print feel, tradition, bracketed, blocky, ink-trap, engraved, poster-ready.
This typeface features heavy, bracketed slab serifs with a compact, sturdy construction and clear vertical stress. Strokes show noticeable contrast, with thick main stems and comparatively finer internal curves, giving counters a carved, slightly engraved feel. Terminals and joins are crisp, and several letters exhibit subtle notches/ink-trap-like cuts where strokes meet, which adds snap and prevents dark spots in dense shapes. Overall proportions are broad and stable, with generous capitals, sturdy numerals, and lowercases that read solidly without becoming condensed.
Best suited to display applications where weight and presence are an advantage: headlines, posters, packaging, and bold brand marks. It can also work for editorial titling and short blocks of text where a dense, authoritative texture is desired.
The tone is bold and no-nonsense, balancing vintage print authority with a practical, workmanlike edge. It evokes classic poster and headline typography—confident, slightly old-world, and designed to project strength rather than delicacy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a classic slab-serif framework, using contrast and subtle cut-ins at joins to maintain clarity in heavy strokes. It prioritizes strong silhouettes, steady rhythm, and a confident, print-forward voice for attention-grabbing typography.
The design keeps a consistent slab rhythm across caps, lowercase, and figures, with wide, open forms like O and C counterbalanced by square-shouldered letters such as E, F, and N. The texture in paragraph settings is dark and emphatic, with strong word shapes and clear punctuation presence at display sizes.