Slab Contrasted Gyla 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, stickers, playful, retro, rustic, punchy, handmade, impact, vintage print, rustic charm, display voice, chunky, ink-trap, blunt, worn, bouncy.
A heavy, slab-serif display face with chunky proportions and a slightly irregular, stamped-looking silhouette. The letterforms are built from broad strokes with modest internal contrast, and the slabs read as blunt, blocky terminals rather than refined brackets. Many corners show small notches and nicks, creating a worn edge and occasional ink-trap–like cut-ins at joins and counters. Spacing feels robust and open for the weight, with round letters staying full and squarish and straight-sided letters showing confident, slightly wavy edges that emphasize an analog texture.
Best suited to headlines, posters, labels, and packaging where a bold, tactile voice is desired. It performs especially well at medium-to-large sizes on high-contrast backgrounds, and it can add personality to branding, event graphics, and display typography that benefits from a vintage or handmade print feel.
The overall tone is lively and characterful—part vintage poster, part rubber-stamp grit. It feels friendly and a bit rowdy, with an intentionally imperfect finish that suggests print, wood type, or distressed signage rather than pristine digital type.
The design appears aimed at delivering maximum impact with a rugged, analog texture—combining stout slab-serifs and broad shapes with intentional irregularities to evoke traditional printing and stamped lettering. The emphasis is on expressive display presence and distinctive, slightly distressed character rather than neutral text setting.
Uppercase forms carry a strong, poster-like presence, while the lowercase keeps a compact, readable rhythm with distinctly chunky bowls and short, sturdy terminals. Numerals are bold and attention-grabbing, matching the same rugged edge treatment, making the set feel cohesive for emphatic headings and short lines of copy.