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Slab Contrasted Vuno 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.

Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logotypes, western, circus, vintage, playful, loud, display impact, vintage revival, ornamental texture, woodtype feel, woodtype, blocky, bracketed, ink-trap, scalloped.

A heavy, woodtype-inspired slab serif with chunky, squared forms and prominent, bracketed slabs. The design shows sculpted counters and distinctive notches/ink-trap-like cut-ins at joins and terminals, creating a carved, stencil-adjacent look without fully breaking strokes. Curves are broad and rounded (notably in C, O, S), while horizontals and serifs stay blunt and rectangular, giving a strong poster rhythm. Lowercase is compact and robust, with single-storey a and g and a generally closed, weighty color that favors display settings.

Best suited to big, high-impact display work such as posters, event headlines, brand marks, labels, and storefront-style signage. It can add a period or “showbill” flavor to packaging and editorial titles, especially where a bold, decorative slab presence is desired.

The overall tone feels theatrical and throwback—evoking saloon signage, circus bills, and early letterpress posters. The cut-in details add a cheeky, ornamental energy that reads as fun and attention-seeking rather than formal or neutral.

Likely intended to reinterpret classic woodtype slab serif proportions with added cut-in detailing to increase personality and texture. The goal appears to be maximum impact and a distinctive vintage voice for short runs of text and titling.

The distinctive internal notches create high visual texture and help separate dense shapes at large sizes, but also make interiors feel tighter in smaller text. Numerals follow the same bold, carved treatment, keeping a consistent, poster-friendly voice across letters and figures.