Slab Square Pohi 4 is a very bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'AZ College' by Artist of Design, 'Duffle Bag JNL' and 'Old Sport JNL' by Jeff Levine, 'Palo Slab' by TypeUnion, and 'Winner' by sportsfonts (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, signage, packaging, industrial, collegiate, authoritative, rugged, vintage, impact, space-saving, signage-ready, heritage feel, blocky, squared, stencil-like, compact, angular.
A heavy, condensed serif with squared, slab-like terminals and sharply chamfered corners that create an octagonal, cut-out silhouette. Strokes stay largely uniform, with minimal modulation, producing a dense, ink-trap-free color and strong vertical rhythm. Counters are compact and often rectangular, and many joins and curves are resolved with angled cuts rather than smooth rounds, giving letters a mechanical, constructed feel. The lowercase is sturdy and legible, with short, blocky extenders and a generally upright, compact stance; numerals share the same chiseled geometry for a consistent texture across lines.
Best suited to display settings where impact and compact width are advantages—headlines, posters, sports and collegiate-style branding, product packaging, and bold signage. It can also work for short subheads or labels when you want a sturdy, industrial tone, but it is most effective when given enough size and spacing to keep counters from closing in.
The overall tone is bold and no-nonsense, evoking workwear, athletics, and signage traditions. Its squared detailing and compressed fit read as utilitarian and confident, with a slightly retro, press-like presence that feels at home in headline-driven design.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch in a condensed footprint, using slab terminals and chamfered geometry to create a rugged, crafted look. Its consistent, block-built forms suggest a focus on strong reproduction in print and environmental graphics, with an emphasis on clarity and presence over delicacy.
At text sizes the tight interior spaces and dense verticals create a strong, uniform typographic color, while the angled corner cuts add distinctive character without introducing delicate features. The uppercase has a particularly poster-ready, emblematic flavor, and the figures appear designed to match that same blocky, cut-corner vocabulary.