Slab Contrasted Naba 13 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, signage, victorian, circus, western, woodtype, playful, display impact, retro flavor, poster texture, novelty styling, bracketless, blocky, decorative, two-tone, top-heavy.
A decorative slab-serif with bold, rectangular, largely unbracketed serifs and conspicuous internal cut-ins that create a two-tone, banded effect across many glyphs. Round letters (C, G, O, Q, e, o) are built from heavy outer bowls interrupted by horizontal negative slices, while straight letters emphasize blunt terminals and squared geometry. The overall proportions are broad with generous counters, and the rhythm alternates between solid stems and crisp, carved-out gaps, giving the set a chiseled, poster-like texture. Numerals follow the same banded logic, with strong bases and clear, high-contrast interior breaks.
Best suited to display contexts where the cutout striping and slab structure can read clearly—posters, headlines, labels, and storefront-style signage. It can work for short bursts of text (titles, pull quotes) but becomes visually busy in extended paragraphs, where the horizontal slicing dominates the page color.
The face reads as theatrical and attention-seeking, evoking show posters, carnival or vaudeville lettering, and vintage wood type. Its cutout striping adds a quirky, handcrafted energy that feels both retro and playful, with a slightly rugged, stamped presence.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic slab-serif/woodtype forms with a distinctive stencil-like banding, maximizing impact and recognizability in large-scale typography. Its geometry and repeated cut-ins suggest a focus on bold texture and period flavor rather than understated readability.
The banded cutouts are applied inconsistently by necessity across different structures (especially diagonals and junctions), which becomes part of the charm but also makes the texture more pronounced in running text. The heavy serifs and horizontal voids can visually link across lines, producing a strong stripe motif at display sizes.