Slab Square Alko 6 is a regular weight, very wide, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, signage, retro tech, industrial, utilitarian, mechanical, arcade, technical feel, display impact, geometric system, signage clarity, octagonal, chamfered, boxy, stenciled, angular.
A squared, slab-serif design with monoline strokes and distinctly chamfered corners that turn curves into octagonal forms. Serifs are blocky and flat-ended, giving the letters a built, modular feel, while counters tend to be wide and open. The proportions run broad, and the overall rhythm is steady and engineered, with many joins and terminals resolving into crisp right angles and clipped diagonals.
Best suited to headlines, logos, short blocks of display text, and applications where a strong technical or industrial character is desired. It can also work for packaging and signage where the squared slabs and chamfered geometry read clearly at medium to large sizes.
The font conveys a retro technical tone—part arcade display, part industrial labeling—mixing a playful futurism with a no-nonsense, utilitarian presence. Its angular rounding and heavy slabs suggest machinery, signage, and early computer-era graphics rather than calligraphic or bookish warmth.
The design appears intended to translate slab-serif structure into a geometric, squared system with chamfered corners, prioritizing a constructed, machine-made look. Its wide stance and consistent stroke behavior aim for bold presence and clear silhouette in display settings.
Curved glyphs like O/Q/C are constructed from straight segments with clipped corners, reinforcing a geometric, hardware-like aesthetic. Numerals and punctuation inherit the same squared logic, helping long lines of text maintain a consistent, grid-friendly texture.