Slab Square Siki 6 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, branding, western, vintage, rustic, posterish, sturdy, display impact, heritage feel, rugged clarity, poster utility, bracketed, blocky, rounded, chunky, compact.
A heavy slab serif with compact proportions and pronounced, block-like serifs that read as slightly bracketed rather than sharply mechanical. Strokes are thick and largely monolinear, with broad, rounded inner counters and softened corners that keep the texture lively. The rhythm is robust and slightly irregular in silhouette, giving letters a carved, stamped feel, while maintaining clear, straightforward construction across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited to display applications where impact and character matter—posters, titles, signage, and packaging. It can also work for branding systems that want a dependable, heritage-leaning voice, especially in short text bursts, badges, and labels.
The overall tone is rugged and old-timey, suggesting traditional printing, workwear labels, and frontier poster typography. Its chunky weight and emphatic serifs convey confidence and practicality, with a friendly warmth from the rounded apertures and softened edges.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, workmanlike slab-serif presence with a vintage print sensibility—prioritizing strong silhouettes, quick recognition, and a distinctive, nostalgic texture over delicate detail.
Caps are wide and assertive with strong horizontal feet and heads, while the lowercase stays legible and sturdy at display sizes. Numerals follow the same bold, compact logic, producing a dense, attention-grabbing texture in headlines and short blocks of text.