Slab Square Asriv 10 is a very light, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: body text, book design, editorial, magazine, captions, typewriter, academic, vintage, quirky, utility, distinctive texture, print heritage, compact setting, monoline, slab serif, square serifs, ink-trap dots, spiky joins.
A monoline slab-serif with crisp, square-ended serifs and a compact, economical build. Strokes stay largely even in weight, with tall ascenders/descenders and slightly condensed proportions that give lines a vertical, columnar rhythm. Many joins and terminals show distinctive pointed notches or diamond-like nodes, creating a subtly mechanical, engineered texture across both roman and italic-less forms. Curves are restrained and narrow, counters are tight, and spacing reads slightly airy at display sizes due to the fine strokes.
Works well for editorial layouts, book interiors, and long-form reading where a slim, steady slab-serif can maintain rhythm without heavy contrast. It also suits captions, footnotes, and technical or academic material where the typewriter-like construction and distinctive nodes help create a recognizable voice at modest sizes.
The overall tone feels typewriter-adjacent and archival, like utilitarian print from technical notes or a worn book set with a quirky, customized metal type. The sharp nodes add a faintly eccentric, handmade-meets-mechanical character that can feel academic, editorial, and a bit gothic without becoming ornate.
The design appears intended to blend the practicality of a light slab-serif with a signature detail system (the pointed nodes) that gives otherwise straightforward letterforms a unique identity. It prioritizes consistency, compactness, and a clear typographic cadence, while adding a controlled eccentricity that reads as deliberate rather than decorative.
Uppercase forms are crisp and upright with strong baseline anchoring; the numerals share the same narrow, linear construction and squared finishing. The repeated node motif becomes a defining texture in running text, especially on letters with central stems and curved bowls.