Slab Square Lysa 3 is a very bold, very wide, high contrast, italic, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, logos, packaging, sporty, retro, punchy, speedy, assertive, impact, motion, distinctiveness, display, slanted, blocky, ink-trap cuts, notched, rounded corners.
A heavy, right-slanted display face with chunky slab-like construction and squared-off terminals. Strokes are compact and sculpted with conspicuous horizontal cut-ins and notches that create a segmented, stencil-like rhythm through counters and joins. Many curves are built from broad, rounded rectangles, giving letters like C, G, O, and S a softened, aerodynamic feel, while corners and serifs stay blunt and blocky. The overall texture is dense and attention-grabbing, with tight internal apertures and a consistent, engineered look across capitals, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to large-scale display settings where its notches and internal cut-ins can be appreciated: headlines, event graphics, sports or motorsport-themed branding, posters, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short packaging callouts or signage where a bold, kinetic voice is desired, but its dense forms make it less appropriate for long passages of small text.
The tone feels energetic and performance-driven, like lettering made for motion, competition, or bold headlines. The carved-out interior bands add a playful, slightly futuristic edge while still reading as distinctly retro-industrial. Overall it communicates confidence and impact rather than subtlety.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through a slanted, slabby silhouette paired with consistent carved details that create speed and texture. Its goal is to be instantly recognizable in branding and titling, balancing blocky sturdiness with a streamlined, striped motif.
The distinctive horizontal voids act as a recurring signature, producing strong stripe-like highlights in text lines and a pronounced visual cadence. Numerals match the same carved, slabby language and read as signage-friendly shapes, especially at larger sizes.