Slab Square Taliv 1 is a bold, wide, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, sports branding, packaging, signage, sporty, retro, assertive, energetic, industrial, impact, momentum, sturdiness, headline focus, slab serif, oblique, blocky, compact, bracketless.
A heavy, right-leaning slab-serif design with squared, largely unbracketed serifs and flat-cut terminals. Strokes are robust and mostly monolinear in feel, with only subtle modulation, producing a dense, high-impact color on the page. The letterforms are broad and compact, with tight interior counters and sturdy horizontals; curves are simplified into firm, geometric arcs. Lowercase forms follow the same blunt, athletic construction, and the numerals match with thick strokes and stable, squared finishes.
Best suited to display settings where strength and motion matter: headlines, posters, and bold editorial callouts. It also fits sports branding, labels and packaging, and short signage copy where the slab structure can carry at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone is bold and punchy, with a strong sports and signage character. Its blocky slabs and forward slant read as energetic and confident, evoking retro athletic branding and utilitarian display typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a forceful, fast-leaning slab-serif voice that stays readable while projecting toughness and momentum. Its simplified curves and squared terminals prioritize clarity and impact for attention-grabbing typography.
The slant and heavy slabs create a pronounced rhythm in running text, with a clear emphasis on horizontals and a slightly compressed counter space that increases visual weight. The design favors impact over delicacy, keeping details minimal and terminals decisively squared off.