Slab Square Yify 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, packaging, branding, industrial, vintage, editorial, utilitarian, robust, compact impact, sturdy clarity, vintage voice, editorial utility, condensed, slab serif, square terminals, bracketless, vertical stress.
A condensed slab serif with tall proportions and a steady vertical rhythm. Strokes are mostly uniform with moderate contrast, and the serifs read as bold, square-ended slabs with minimal bracketing, giving terminals a blunt, machined finish. Counters are relatively narrow and upright, with compact bowls and a disciplined, poster-like silhouette; joints stay crisp and angular, and curves are kept tight rather than flowing. The numerals and lowercase maintain the same narrow, sturdy construction, with distinctive hooked and squared details that reinforce a consistent, engineered texture in text.
Well suited to headlines, posters, and signage where a compact footprint is valuable and the slab terminals can provide strong presence. It can also work for packaging and branding systems that want an industrial or vintage editorial flavor, especially in short to medium-length text settings where its narrow texture remains legible.
The overall tone feels industrial and slightly retro, combining no-nonsense sturdiness with a display-minded presence. Its condensed stance and assertive slab terminals evoke vintage signage and editorial headlines, projecting confidence and practicality rather than delicacy.
The design appears intended to deliver a space-saving, high-impact slab serif voice with an engineered, square-ended finish. Its emphasis on narrow proportions and sturdy terminals suggests a goal of maintaining clarity and authority in display typography while retaining enough regularity for practical text use.
Spacing appears calibrated for vertical economy: the condensed set creates a dense typographic color, while the heavy slab terminals add strong horizontal punctuation at the ends of strokes. The design’s square finishing details make it read cleanly at larger sizes and give it a recognizable, branded voice.