Slab Contrasted Nohy 5 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, titles, playful, retro, decorative, whimsical, showcard, attention-grabbing, retro flavor, expressive display, brand character, bulbous serifs, rounded terminals, soft corners, chunky, bouncy.
A bold, decorative slab serif with exaggerated, bulb-like serifs and rounded terminals. Strokes show noticeable thick–thin modulation, with heavy verticals and thinner joins and inner curves, creating a lively, high-contrast rhythm. The letterforms feel compact and chunky, with soft, inflated details at corners and feet that give the outlines a stamped, display-oriented presence. Curves are broad and smooth, counters are generally open, and overall spacing reads generous enough to keep the dense serifs from clogging at larger sizes.
Best suited for display work such as posters, headlines, titles, and brand marks where its distinctive slabs can carry the tone. It can also work for packaging and editorial callouts when set with comfortable spacing, but its heavy decorative texture makes it less appropriate for long-form reading at small sizes.
The style evokes a playful, retro showcard mood—part circus poster, part novelty headline. Its bouncy silhouettes and ornamental slab treatment feel cheerful and attention-seeking rather than formal, leaning toward theatrical and vintage-flavored branding.
The design appears intended to deliver a memorable, characterful slab serif for attention-driven typography. Its inflated serifs, rounded terminals, and punchy contrast suggest a goal of vintage showmanship and friendly impact rather than neutrality.
Distinctive serif blobs and rounded cut-ins create strong texture across lines, which becomes a prominent pattern in paragraph-like settings. The visual personality is driven more by the serif/terminal shapes than by sharp bracket transitions, so it reads best when allowed room to breathe (tracking and line spacing help maintain clarity).