Slab Weird Levu 9 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, sports promos, playful, retro, rowdy, quirky, punchy, attention-grabbing, novelty display, retro flavor, bold branding, kinetic feel, chunky, rounded corners, wedge serifs, ink-trap notches, compact spacing.
A heavily weighted, right-leaning display face with chunky slab-like terminals and softened corners. Strokes are thick and sculpted, with noticeable notches and wedge cuts at joins and serifs that give the letters a carved, ink-trap-like texture. Proportions are compact and slightly irregular from glyph to glyph, creating a lively rhythm; counters are relatively small and punctuation-like apertures are tightened by the weight. The overall silhouette reads as condensed and sturdy, with emphatic verticals and energetic diagonals that keep the texture dense in lines of text.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, event flyers, headlines, promotional graphics, packaging, and logo/wordmark treatments. It can also work for sports or entertainment branding where a bold, kinetic texture is desirable; for longer paragraphs, its dense weight and tight counters may feel visually heavy.
The tone is bold and mischievous, evoking retro signage and novelty headline typography. Its jaunty slant and quirky cut-ins add a sense of motion and attitude, making text feel loud, friendly, and a little unruly rather than formal or restrained.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum impact with a playful, unconventional slab construction—combining a strong, condensed footprint with distinctive wedge-cut details to stand out at display sizes. The italic lean and chiseled joins suggest an intention to add motion and personality while keeping a solid, poster-ready presence.
The design’s distinctive character comes from the repeated wedge cuts and split-like details in stems and terminals, which create a stamped or poster-printed feel. The numerals follow the same chunky, slanted construction, supporting consistent use in attention-grabbing settings where figures need to match the lettering’s personality.