Slab Contrasted Fala 4 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: sports branding, posters, headlines, apparel, packaging, collegiate, western, industrial, assertive, retro, impact, nostalgia, ruggedness, signage, brand mark, octagonal, blocky, chiseled, stencil-like, notched.
A heavy, block-driven slab serif with an octagonal, chamfered construction. Stems and slabs are thick and rectangular, with crisp corners and frequent angled cut-ins that create a notched, almost carved rhythm across the alphabet. Counters are compact and geometric, and joins stay square and sturdy, producing a dense, high-impact texture in text. Details such as stepped terminals and small interior cutouts give many letters a subtly stencil-like, machined feel while keeping overall forms highly consistent.
Best suited to headlines, posters, sports branding, and bold logotypes where the chunky slabs and angular cuts can read clearly. It also fits apparel graphics, labels, and packaging that benefit from a rugged, vintage-leaning voice; for longer passages it works most comfortably at larger display sizes where the compact counters remain open.
The tone is bold and commanding, evoking collegiate athletics, old-school signage, and workwear-era industrial printing. Its chiseled corners and notched terminals add a rugged, no-nonsense character that reads as confident and slightly retro.
Likely designed to deliver a strong, attention-grabbing slab serif with a distinctive chamfered, notched motif—combining the familiarity of classic collegiate or western letterforms with a more machined, stencil-adjacent edge.
The design maintains a tight, punchy color with limited interior whitespace, which amplifies impact at larger sizes. The angular corner treatment is applied broadly across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, helping the set feel cohesive and intentionally “cut” from a single visual system.