Slab Square Abkuj 8 is a regular weight, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, signage, headlines, logotypes, labels, industrial, collegiate, authoritative, vintage, utility, compact impact, high visibility, mechanical feel, retro utility, brand stamping, octagonal, geometric, blocky, squared, stencil-like.
A condensed, geometric slab serif with strongly squared shoulders and frequent octagonal corner cuts that give curves a faceted look. Strokes maintain a largely even thickness with firm, flat-ended terminals, producing a crisp, engineered texture. Counters are compact and mostly rectangular, while joins stay sharp and orthogonal, creating a steady, column-like rhythm in text. Numerals and capitals feel particularly rigid and signlike, with minimal modulation and prominent slab feet and caps.
Best suited to headlines, posters, packaging labels, and signage where compact width and strong structure help maximize impact in limited space. It also works well for logotypes and badges that need a rugged, institutional or industrial voice, and for short blocks of display text where its angular rhythm can carry a graphic theme.
The overall tone is sturdy and no-nonsense, with an industrial clarity that reads as disciplined and institutional. Its faceted corners and squared forms add a retro, workmanlike character reminiscent of stenciled marking, scoreboard lettering, or older machine-era graphics. The result feels confident and utilitarian rather than delicate or lyrical.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-visibility slab serif with a deliberately squared, chamfered construction. By reducing curves to facets and keeping strokes consistent, it aims for a mechanical, stamp-like presence that feels robust and straightforward in display settings.
Round letters (such as O/C/G) are rendered as squarish, chamfered shapes, reinforcing the font’s technical flavor. The lowercase maintains the same angular logic as the caps, avoiding calligraphic cues and emphasizing uniform, constructed forms. In text lines, the condensed set and strong verticals create dense, high-contrast word shapes that benefit from generous tracking or larger sizes.