Slab Contrasted Yene 6 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, sports branding, retro, rowdy, playful, bold, sporty, attention, impact, personality, nostalgia, energy, bracketed, ink-trap, swashy, bulbous, chunky.
A heavy, right-leaning slab serif with chunky, rounded forms and strongly bracketed slabs. Strokes are broadly modeled with subtle contrast and frequent scooped notches/ink-trap-like cut-ins at joins and terminals, which keep the dense shapes from clogging. Curves are inflated and teardrop-like, counters are compact, and the rhythm is energetic rather than strictly geometric. Uppercase and lowercase maintain consistent weight, with a large lowercase presence and lively, slightly irregular widths that add motion across a line.
Best suited to display sizes where the notched details and slab terminals can read clearly—such as posters, event headlines, album covers, and branded wordmarks. It can also work for packaging and merchandise graphics where a strong, vintage-leaning personality is desired.
The overall tone feels retro and exuberant, mixing a sporty poster sensibility with a playful, almost cartoonish swagger. Its aggressive weight and jaunty slant give it a confident, attention-grabbing voice suited to punchy, extroverted messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through weight, slant, and characterful slab serifs, while using scooped joins and rounded modeling to preserve clarity in dense letterforms. It prioritizes expressive branding and headline presence over neutrality or long-form readability.
The distinctive cut-in notches and bracketed slabs create a textured silhouette that stays recognizable at a glance, especially in the numerals and round letters. Spacing appears built for display impact, with tight internal counters and bold outer shapes that favor short, emphatic settings over delicate typographic color.