Slab Square Tagiz 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, logos, sporty, retro, assertive, industrial, headline, impact, motion, branding, display, slab serifs, square terminals, oblique stress, compact curves, blocky forms.
A heavy, oblique slab serif with square-cut terminals and broadly rectangular counters. Strokes are sturdy with modest contrast and a forward-leaning rhythm that keeps forms tight and energetic. The serifs read as blunt, integrated slabs rather than delicate brackets, and many joins feel engineered and angular, with slightly softened corners to prevent harshness. Numerals and capitals share a consistent, condensed-leaning posture, producing a strong, unified texture in lines of text.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, sports branding, and bold identity work where its slanted, slabby construction can carry visual authority. It can also work for short bursts of text—taglines, labels, and packaging copy—when a compact, high-impact typographic voice is desired.
The overall tone is forceful and athletic, with a retro display flavor reminiscent of uniforms, racing graphics, and stamped industrial lettering. The italic slant adds motion and urgency, making the face feel active and attention-seeking rather than neutral or bookish.
The design appears intended to deliver high-impact, fast-moving typography by combining blunt slab serifs with a pronounced italic stance and square-ended construction. Its consistent heft and engineered shapes suggest a focus on branding and display readability rather than quiet long-form typography.
In text, the dense weight and squared detailing create a dark, punchy color with clear word shapes, while the slanted forms emphasize directional flow. The design’s strong terminals and compact apertures favor impact over delicacy, especially at larger sizes where the blocky geometry becomes a key stylistic feature.