Slab Contrasted Yety 6 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, western, circus, retro, playful, bold, attention grabbing, vintage revival, decorative display, wood-type feel, signage styling, chunky, bracketed, ink-trap, soft corners, ball terminals.
A heavy display slab with blocky proportions, pronounced bracketed serifs, and strong dark color on the page. Strokes show noticeable contrast: thick main stems paired with thinner internal joins and cut-ins, creating crisp counters and a carved, stencil-like rhythm. Curves are broad and rounded, while many terminals feature scooped notches, small teardrop counters, and ink-trap-like cutouts that sharpen intersections. The overall texture is compact and punchy, with slightly irregular, characterful detailing that keeps the forms from feeling purely geometric.
Best suited to large sizes where the scooped details and contrast can read clearly—posters, headlines, labels, and bold branding marks. It can also work for short bursts of text (taglines, menu section headers, event names) where a strong vintage display voice is desired.
The face projects a classic show-poster energy—part Wild West headline, part circus or fairground signage. Its exaggerated weight and ornamental cut-ins give it a playful, theatrical tone that feels attention-seeking and nostalgic rather than formal.
This design appears intended as a high-impact display slab that references traditional wood-type and sign-painting aesthetics, using carved-in details and bracketed serifs to create a memorable, decorative silhouette.
In text lines the distinctive notches and small internal openings become a repeating motif, adding sparkle but also increasing visual busyness. The numerals are particularly bulbous and graphic, matching the emphatic headline personality of the capitals.