Slab Contrasted Egke 1 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, western, industrial, retro, posterish, rugged, display impact, vintage flavor, stencil texture, branding punch, rugged tone, blocky, stencil-cut, ink-trap, notched, compressed counters.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with blunt terminals and prominent, squared serifs. The letterforms are tightly modeled with rounded outer curves (notably in C, O, Q) contrasted against flat-sided stems and abrupt joins, creating a strongly graphic silhouette. Many glyphs feature consistent internal notches and cut-in breaks that read like stencil bridges or exaggerated ink-trap cutouts, especially visible in the bowls and at stem/serif transitions. Spacing appears compact and the shapes stay dense, with a high x-height and short extenders that keep lowercase sturdy and uniform in texture.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, packaging, labels, and signage where the chunky slabs and cut-in details can be appreciated. It can also work for logo marks or wordmarks that benefit from a tough, retro-industrial presence, while longer text will feel dense and attention-grabbing.
The overall tone feels bold, utilitarian, and slightly vintage, evoking Western poster lettering and industrial labeling. The repeated cut-in details add a rugged, worn-in attitude that reads as both decorative and functional, giving headlines a punchy, assertive voice.
The design appears intended as a display slab serif that combines classic poster-like proportions with deliberate stencil/ink-trap interruptions to create a distinctive texture and strong brand voice. The emphasis is on bold silhouette and repeatable internal detailing rather than neutrality or continuous-text readability.
The notched construction creates distinctive internal white shapes that can become the dominant detail at smaller sizes, so the design reads best where those cutouts have room to breathe. Numerals and capitals maintain the same heavy, slabbed rhythm, supporting display-heavy compositions with a consistent, emphatic color.