Slab Contrasted Tire 1 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logos, industrial, stenciled, western, rugged, poster, impact, stencil effect, vintage flavor, branding, blocky, slab-serif, notched, rounded corners, high impact.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with broad proportions and a compact, sturdy stance. Strokes are largely uniform, with chunky rectangular slabs and softened outer corners that keep the black shapes from feeling brittle. A consistent stencil-like detailing runs through many glyphs as vertical or angled cut-ins/splits, creating internal white seams that segment bowls and stems. Counters are generally small and geometric, and joins are blunt and deliberate, producing a strong, rhythmic texture in lines of text.
Best suited for posters, headlines, and signage where the segmented stencil details can read clearly at larger sizes. It can work well for branding marks, packaging, labels, and event graphics that want a rugged, vintage-industrial flavor. In longer text, it will create a dark, emphatic color, so it’s most effective for short bursts of copy rather than continuous reading.
The overall tone feels tough and utilitarian, with a stencil/marking character that reads as industrial and workmanlike. At the same time, the bold slabs and notched cuts evoke vintage western and circus-poster cues, giving it a nostalgic, display-forward personality. It projects confidence and impact more than refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a slab-serif foundation while adding a distinctive stenciled signature for instant recognizability. Its wide, blocky construction and consistent cut-ins suggest an aim toward bold display typography that feels ready for signage, print headlines, and retro-styled graphic applications.
The stencil cuts are applied systematically enough to feel like a defining motif rather than incidental ink traps, and they remain visible even in the smaller lowercase forms. Numerals follow the same segmented logic (notably the 0 and 8), reinforcing consistency across the set. The texture in paragraphs is dense and attention-grabbing, with strong word shapes and minimal delicacy.