Typeface Design for Conto Slab

Slab serifs grafted onto minimalist humanist forms across eight weights

Conto Slab is an eight-weight slab serif designed by Nils Thomsen in 2014 as part of the Conto superfamily, intended for corporate identity, editorial design, and advertising. It applies slab serifs to Conto's minimalist, humanistically-contrasted forms, producing a combination the foundry describes as solid, sporty, and independent. Stroke contrast is deliberately calibrated across the range: near-zero in the Thin, building progressively to the Black. Italics are a mix of slanted and true-italic styles rather than simple obliques.

Set in Conto Slab