Slab Contrasted Ohde 7 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, signage, western, collegiate, vintage, playful, bold, high impact, retro feel, signage clarity, branding voice, poster texture, bracketed, blocky, rounded, ink-trap, chunky.
A heavy slab serif with wide, generous proportions and compact internal counters. The design mixes sturdy, rectangular slabs with noticeably rounded curves, producing a soft-edged, blocky silhouette. Stems are thick and confident, terminals end in broad square serifs, and joins are tightly built, giving letters a dense, poster-ready rhythm. Several glyphs show stepped or notched interior shaping that reads like subtle ink-trap detailing, reinforcing a punchy, cut-out look at display sizes.
Best suited to display typography where weight and character are an asset: posters, bold editorial headlines, brand marks, packaging, and storefront or event signage. It can also work for short, high-impact lines of copy where a dense, old-school texture is desirable.
The overall tone feels classic and extroverted—part vintage poster, part collegiate and Western sign painting. Its chunky slabs and rounded forms add friendliness and humor while still projecting strength, making it feel attention-grabbing and a bit nostalgic.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum impact with a vintage slab-serif voice, balancing rugged slabs with rounded bowls for a friendly, approachable boldness. The notched interior shaping suggests an aim for crisp reproduction and strong texture in large-size applications.
The uppercase has a strong, emblematic presence with a slightly mechanical regularity, while the lowercase stays equally weighty and compact, keeping texture dense in paragraph-like settings. Numerals follow the same bold, rounded-slab logic and read clearly in isolation.