Slab Square Niha 9 is a bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, signage, packaging, industrial, western, rugged, retro, mechanical, impact, ruggedness, distinctiveness, retro feel, blocky, bracketed, octagonal, stencil-like, compact.
A heavy, slab-serif display face with broad, squared proportions and tightly packed internal counters. Strokes are mostly uniform with short, sturdy slabs and subtle bracketing at joins, while many curves are faceted into octagonal forms that read more cut than drawn. The lowercase is compact and sturdy with single-storey forms and small apertures, and the numerals follow the same angular, chunky construction for strong texture in lines of text.
Best suited to display settings where impact and texture are desirable—posters, headlines, labels, and branding marks. It can work for short blocks of copy in large sizes when a rugged, industrial voice is intended, but its dense counters and heavy texture are most effective in titling and signage.
The overall tone is rugged and workmanlike, evoking utilitarian signage and print that needs to feel tough and emphatic. Its faceted geometry and stout serifs add a retro-industrial flavor that can lean Western or mechanical depending on context.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence through broad, blocky forms and emphatic slabs, while introducing a distinctive faceted geometry to separate it from neutral slabs. It aims for a robust, stamped or cut-letter feel that reads clearly and characterfully at larger sizes.
The face produces a dark, strongly patterned color at text sizes, with distinctive notches and flattened curves that remain visible in the sample paragraph. Wide capitals and slab terminals make word shapes feel squared-off and authoritative.