Typeface Design for Tesla Slab
A slab serif built for warmth, not machinery
Tesla Slab is a constructed slab serif typeface designed by Nikola Djurek (Latin) and Ilya Ruderman (Cyrillic), released by Typotheque in 2015. Its six weights feature smooth, modulated curves and cursive italics that set it apart from the typically robust and mechanical character of slab serifs. The family sits within the broader Tesla type system, which also includes Stencil, Monospaced, and Caps variants. Each weight ships with eight numeral styles, including proportional old-style, lining, tabular, superior, inferior, circled, and circled inverted figures.
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- The Latin and Cyrillic scripts were handled by separate specialists—Nikola Djurek and Ilya Ruderman respectively—with Igino Marini contributing to both.
- Proportional old-style figures are set as the default numerals, with lining figures recommended for all-caps contexts.
- Despite its constructed, industrial slab-serif structure, smooth curvature and modulated contrast give Tesla Slab what the foundry describes as a warm and human appearance.
- Tesla Slab is one of four stylistically related subfamilies (Slab, Stencil, Monospaced, Caps) designed to function as an integrated typographic system.
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