Slab Square Ekji 1 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, logos, retro, sporty, industrial, playful, assertive, impact, motion, retro flavor, robustness, display clarity, rounded slabs, soft corners, ink-trap feel, chunky, high impact.
A heavy, slanted slab-serif with broad proportions and compact counters. Strokes are thick and steady with softened, squared-off terminals and slabby feet that read as blocky but slightly rounded. Many joins and corners show small scooped cut-ins, creating an ink-trap-like notch that adds texture and helps open tight interior spaces. The rhythm is energetic and uneven in a deliberate way, with punchy shapes and sturdy numerals designed to hold their mass in display settings.
Best suited to display use such as posters, sports-themed branding, bold packaging, and logo wordmarks where its chunky slabs and forward slant can signal speed and confidence. It can work for short bursts of copy—taglines, pull quotes, and signage—especially with added spacing to keep the dense shapes readable.
The overall tone feels bold and extroverted, combining a retro athletic flavor with a rugged, workmanlike presence. Its rounded slabs and notched details add a friendly, cartoon-leaning edge, keeping the weight from feeling overly severe. The italic slant contributes motion and urgency, giving headlines a fast, competitive vibe.
The letterforms appear designed to deliver maximum impact with a sporty, retro-industrial personality. The softened slabs and scooped notches suggest an intent to stay legible and lively at heavy weights, while the italic angle adds a sense of momentum for attention-driven typography.
The design favors strong silhouettes over fine detail, with short apertures and dense counters that emphasize solidity. The notched joins become more noticeable at smaller internal spaces (for example in letters with bowls and in the numerals), giving the face a distinctive stamped or cut-out character. In longer lines, the sturdy forms create a dark, attention-grabbing texture that benefits from generous tracking and comfortable line spacing.