Slab Contrasted Fala 9 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, team branding, signage, packaging, varsity, western, industrial, retro, rugged, impact, heritage, ruggedness, display, octagonal, chamfered, blocky, compact, high-impact.
A heavy, block-based slab design with pronounced rectangular serifs and frequent chamfered corners that create an octagonal, cut-out silhouette. Strokes are dense and mostly monolinear in feel, with subtle contrast appearing where joins and slabs thicken the form. Counters are relatively small and angular, and many terminals end in crisp, flat planes rather than curves. The rhythm is sturdy and mechanical, with a broad footprint and tight interior spaces that emphasize mass and punch in both capitals and lowercase.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as headlines, posters, sports or club identities, and bold signage where its chunky slabs and chamfered geometry can carry from a distance. It also works well on packaging or labels that benefit from a sturdy, vintage-industrial presence, especially at medium to large sizes where the tight counters stay clear.
The overall tone is bold and assertive, evoking classic varsity lettering and old poster wood-type energy with a rugged, workmanlike edge. The sharp chamfers add a slightly industrial, stamped-metal character that reads as tough, no-nonsense, and attention-grabbing.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, emblematic slab-serif voice with a distinctly angular, cut-corner construction, optimizing for impact and a recognizable, heritage-leaning display texture rather than delicate reading nuance.
The uppercase set feels especially emblematic and sign-like, while the lowercase maintains the same slab-and-chamfer vocabulary for a consistent texture in longer lines. Numerals follow the same angular, cut-corner construction, reinforcing a uniform, poster-ready voice across alphanumerics.