Slab Square Pepi 9 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, sports branding, packaging, industrial, collegiate, mechanical, rugged, utilitarian, impact, durability, machined look, institutional tone, display clarity, octagonal, beveled, blocky, stencil-like, angular.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with squared proportions and subtly chamfered corners that create an octagonal, machined silhouette. Strokes are consistently thick with minimal modulation, and terminals feel flat and rigid, producing a steady, poster-like texture. The serifs are short and sturdy, often reading as squared feet and caps rather than delicate brackets. Counters are relatively compact and geometric, with rounded forms (like O and 0) rendered as squarish loops; diagonals (V, W, Y) remain crisp and angular. Lowercase follows the same engineered logic, with a single-story a and similarly faceted bowls, maintaining a uniform, structural rhythm across text.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where strong presence is desired: headlines, posters, labels, signage, and branding that leans industrial or collegiate. It can work for brief blocks of text at larger sizes, where the geometric counters and sturdy slabs remain clear and the distinctive faceting reads as a deliberate stylistic feature.
The overall tone is sturdy and no-nonsense, evoking workshop signage, equipment labeling, and classic athletic or institutional display styles. Its angular beveling adds a technical, fabricated feel—more mechanical than friendly—while the chunky slabs keep it grounded and authoritative. The texture in paragraphs reads emphatic and dense, with a confident, assertive voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a tough, fabricated slab-serif voice with an engineered, chamfered geometry—prioritizing impact, consistency, and a strong architectural silhouette in both capitals and lowercase.
Numerals mirror the same squared, chamfered construction, giving set figures a uniform, industrial cadence. In continuous text the tight interior spaces and strong horizontals create a dark, compact color that favors impact over delicacy. The design’s consistent corner treatment helps unify mixed-case settings and keeps the font feeling engineered rather than calligraphic.