Slab Contrasted Miwu 10 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, logotypes, packaging, western, victorian, circus, poster, vintage, maximize impact, save width, evoke heritage, headline display, compressed, slabbed, bracketed, spurred, angular.
A tightly compressed, heavy display serif with slab-like terminals and pronounced, bracketed joins. Strokes are thick with visible modulation that pinches through curves and transitions, giving counters a carved, slightly waisted feel. Serifs read as bold blocks or spurs rather than delicate finishing strokes, and many letters show sharp interior notches and wedge-like connections that heighten contrast at joins. The overall texture is dense and vertical, with narrow bowls and compact apertures that prioritize impact over whitespace.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as headlines, posters, event flyers, storefront or wayfinding signage, and bold wordmarks. It can also add a vintage flavor to packaging and labels when used at larger sizes with generous tracking and line spacing to keep the dense letterforms from clumping.
The font evokes classic showbill typography—part Western wood type, part Victorian poster—projecting a confident, theatrical presence. Its compressed heft and spurred detailing suggest saloon signage, circus announcements, and other turn-of-the-century display settings where boldness and personality matter more than neutrality.
The design appears intended as an emphatic, space-saving display face: a compressed, high-impact serif built to read as a single bold shape from a distance while offering decorative, period-evocative details up close.
In the sample text, the dark color and tight internal spacing create a strong “inked” stripe across lines, so word shapes can feel blocky at smaller sizes. Rounded forms (like O/C) retain a tall, narrow silhouette, and the overall rhythm is driven by repeated vertical stems and chunky terminals.