Slab Weird Esba 3 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, quirky, circus, retro, playful, rowdy, novelty display, showcard feel, texture emphasis, statement type, slab-serif, inline cuts, notched, heavy serifs, stencil-like.
A heavy slab-serif design with broad proportions, strong vertical stress, and dramatic internal cut-ins that read like horizontal “slices” through the strokes. Terminals are blocky and squared, with pronounced slab feet and caps that give the letters a sturdy, poster-like silhouette. Counters are often pinched or partially occluded by the inline cut treatment, producing a distinctive layered/constructed look across both uppercase and lowercase. The rhythm is attention-grabbing and slightly irregular in texture, with chunky joins and simplified curves that keep the forms bold and graphic at display sizes.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, headlines, event graphics, packaging, and bold logo wordmarks where its slab structure and internal cut detailing can work as a central visual motif. It can also fit themed signage or editorial openers that want a retro-novelty flavor rather than quiet readability.
The overall tone is theatrical and eccentric—part vintage showcard, part novelty signage. The sliced interiors add a mischievous, engineered feel that can read as playful, weird, and a little brash, making the font feel more like a character than a neutral text tool.
The design appears intended to reinterpret a traditional slab-serif foundation with unconventional internal slicing, creating a high-impact display face that stands out through texture and construction rather than ornament. Its forms prioritize graphic personality and memorability for short bursts of text.
The inline cuts reduce open counter space in several letters, creating strong patterning but also increasing visual noise in running text. Numerals and capitals feel especially suited to big, impactful settings where the slab structure and internal cut detail can be appreciated.