Slab Contrasted Imda 4 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, editorial, branding, packaging, heritage, confident, sporty, industrial, impact, motion, authority, display, bracketed, wedge serif, ink-trap feel, compact, forceful.
A slanted slab-serif design with heavy, compact letterforms and firmly bracketed, wedge-like serifs. Strokes show a clear, controlled contrast and a slightly carved, print-like quality, with tightened counters and sturdy joins that keep the silhouette dense and authoritative. The rhythm is punchy and energetic: diagonals and terminals lean forward, and many shapes feel subtly tapered, giving the set a muscular, condensed impression without looking narrow overall. Numerals follow the same robust construction, with prominent slabs and a strong, poster-ready presence.
This font is well-suited to display settings such as headlines, subheads, posters, and impactful editorial callouts. It can also support branding and packaging where a sturdy, heritage-leaning voice is desired, especially for marks and short phrases that benefit from its forceful slab-serif character.
The overall tone feels assertive and workmanlike, blending vintage print heritage with a modern, high-impact slant. It reads as confident and slightly rugged—suited to headlines that want motion and attitude without becoming informal or quirky.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, energetic slab-serif voice with a forward-leaning stance, balancing classic print cues with high-impact density for contemporary display typography.
In text, the forward slant and heavy serifs create a strong horizontal texture and a clear, emphatic word shape. The design’s dense color and squared-off finishing suggest it will perform best when given enough size and spacing to keep counters from closing up in longer passages.