Slab Contrasted Mino 7 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, logotypes, packaging, western, circus, retro, playful, posterish, attention, nostalgia, theatrics, brand voice, texture, decorative, blocky, notched, bracketed, compact.
A compact, heavy display face with slab-like terminals and prominent internal cut-ins that create a notched, stencil-adjacent texture. Strokes are thick and simplified, with squared curves and tight counters that keep forms dense at small widths. Serifs and terminals read as blunt slabs with little taper, while selective thinning and incisions introduce a lively, contrasted rhythm. The overall construction is upright and sturdy, with a tall lowercase that keeps lines feeling filled-in and visually consistent across words.
Best used for headlines, posters, and short punchy phrases where its decorative notches can be appreciated. It also fits packaging, event branding, and signage that wants a vintage or Western-flavored voice, and can work for logo wordmarks when set large with comfortable spacing.
The tone leans strongly toward vintage show lettering—part Western wood type, part circus poster—delivering a theatrical, slightly mischievous energy. Its hard-edged notches and chunky silhouettes give it a bold, attention-grabbing personality suited to statement setting rather than quiet reading.
The design appears intended to reinterpret slab-seriffed display lettering with a distinctive notched treatment, creating a strong silhouette and a memorable texture across lines. Its proportions and dense forms prioritize impact and character over neutral readability, aiming for a period-inspired, attention-forward look.
In the text sample, the distinctive cut-ins become a repeating pattern that adds texture across long strings, which can be visually busy at smaller sizes. Numerals follow the same blocky, decorative logic, maintaining the face’s poster-like presence in mixed alphanumeric settings.