Slab Square Otba 17 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: editorial text, book typography, headlines, institutional, posters, classic, scholarly, authoritative, editorial, bookish, readability, sturdy presence, classic tone, editorial utility, slab serifs, square terminals, bracketless, sturdy, high contrast caps.
This serif design features strong, rectangular slab serifs with largely unbracketed joins and flat, squared-off terminals. Strokes are fairly even and sturdy, producing a dense, confident texture in paragraphs. Capitals are broad and crisp with pronounced horizontal serifs, while the lowercase stays compact with clear counters and straightforward, traditional construction. Numerals are robust and aligned in color with the text, maintaining the same squared serif vocabulary throughout.
It performs well for editorial layouts, book and magazine typography, and other long-form settings where a solid, grounded serif texture is desired. The strong slabs also make it effective for headlines, pull quotes, and poster-style messaging that benefits from a sturdy, classic voice.
The overall tone is traditional and institutional, with a steady, no-nonsense rhythm that feels well suited to serious reading. Its chunky slabs and crisp terminals add a mildly vintage, academic flavor—more pragmatic than decorative—projecting reliability and authority.
The design appears aimed at delivering a dependable slab-serif texture with clean, square-ended detailing—balancing legibility with a firm, traditional presence that reads well in both display and text contexts.
The slab detailing is consistent across the set, giving the face a strong baseline presence and clear word shapes at text sizes. Round letters keep a firm, controlled silhouette rather than a soft, calligraphic feel, reinforcing the typeface’s structured character.