Slab Square Ugniv 10 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: books, editorial, magazines, quotations, packaging, classic, scholarly, formal, literary, bookish, readable, authoritative, traditional, bracketed, sturdy, printlike.
The design presents a right-leaning italic with firm, slab-like serifs and mostly flat-ended terminals that create a grounded, print-friendly texture. Strokes show moderate contrast and smooth transitions, with bracketed joins that keep forms cohesive rather than sharp. Proportions feel traditionally bookish: capitals are broad and steady, while the lowercase maintains an even rhythm and clear word shapes despite the pronounced slant.
Well suited to editorial layouts, book interiors, essays, and other text-forward settings where italic is needed for emphasis, titles, or quotations. It can also work for formal invitations, certificates, and heritage-leaning branding when a classic italic serif with sturdy terminals is desired.
This italic serif carries a literary, old-world tone with a calm, formal cadence. The slanted stance and sturdy slabs lend it a confident, editorial voice—more classic than trendy, with a hint of scholarly gravitas.
It appears designed to provide a dependable italic companion for long-form reading, emphasizing stable horizontals and supportive slabs to keep the page color even. The overall goal seems to be clarity and authority in continuous text while still delivering a recognizable italic emphasis.
The numerals and capitals share the same steady, slab-supported construction, helping mixed content (text with figures) feel consistent. The italic angle is prominent enough to read as emphatic, yet the letterforms remain relatively open and controlled for paragraph use.