Slab Square Sumoh 13 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, magazine, branding, sports, editorial, sporty, retro, assertive, institutional, impact, emphasis, headline, authority, bracketed, oblique, chunky, ink-trap feel, closed apertures.
A heavy, right-leaning slab serif with compact, blocky letterforms and sturdy, bracketed-looking slabs. Strokes are thick with modest modulation, producing a firm, even color in text while retaining crisp corners and flat terminals. Counters and apertures tend toward the tight side, giving the design a dense, punchy texture; the round forms (O, Q, 8, 9) read as slightly squarish and weight-forward. The lowercase shows a single-storey a and g, a ball-topped i, and a deep-shouldered r, all shaped to maintain the same robust rhythm and forward motion.
Best suited to display sizes where its dense color and prominent slabs can add impact—headlines, posters, packaging, and brand marks. It also works for short editorial callouts or section headers where an assertive, italicized slab tone is desirable.
The overall tone is confident and energetic, with a vintage-leaning, headline-oriented presence. Its bold slabbiness and italic slant suggest urgency and emphasis, reading as sporty and editorial rather than delicate or formal.
The design appears intended to deliver bold emphasis with a classic slab-serif backbone, combining sturdy construction with an italic drive for energetic display typography. Its shapes prioritize impact and continuity of rhythm over openness, aiming for a compact, punchy voice in prominent text.
In the sample text, the slant and heavy slabs create strong word shapes and a pronounced horizontal emphasis. The numerals are stout and attention-grabbing, matching the letter weight closely, which helps maintain consistency in mixed alphanumeric settings.