Slab Contrasted Nopu 2 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, logotypes, packaging, vintage, carnival, western, playful, showcard, display impact, vintage flavor, ornamental texture, signage feel, bracketed, cut-in, chunky, rounded, decorative.
A heavy, display-oriented slab serif with pronounced bracketed slabs and rounded, swollen bowls. Strokes show clear internal modulation: thick main forms with sharp, scooped cut-ins and narrow pinched connections that create a carved, stencil-like feeling without full breaks. The serif blocks are broad and emphatic, with small notches and inward curves that add texture and a rhythmic, ornamental edge. Counters tend to be compact and rounded, and the overall silhouette reads as chunky and sculpted rather than purely geometric.
Best suited for short, prominent copy where its carved slab details can be appreciated: posters, headlines, event graphics, storefront-style signage, and bold branding marks. It can also work for packaging and labels that want a vintage display flavor, particularly at medium-to-large sizes where the interior cut-ins remain clear.
The letterforms evoke turn-of-the-century poster and show lettering, with a theatrical, slightly mischievous tone. Its chunky slabs and carved details suggest vintage signage, carnival bills, and old-time print ephemera, balancing toughness with playful quirks.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong slab-serif backbone with added ornamental carving to mimic classic showcard and poster lettering. The goal is impact and personality—creating a memorable, textured rhythm across words rather than neutral readability for extended text.
In text settings the distinctive notches and pinched joins become a repeating pattern that adds character but also increases visual noise, especially in longer passages. The numerals and uppercase carry a strong headline presence, while the lowercase maintains the same decorative logic, keeping texture consistent across mixed-case compositions.