Slab Square Nabal 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Edit Serif Arabic', 'Edit Serif Cyrillic', and 'Edit Serif Pro' by Atlas Font Foundry; 'FF Kievit Serif' by FontFont; 'FS Sally' by Fontsmith; 'Joanna Nova' by Monotype; and 'Leida' by The Northern Block (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, signage, branding, packaging, bold, confident, retro, collegiate, industrial, impact, authority, readability, vintage flavor, signage strength, sturdy, blocky, bracketless, square-cut, ink-trap-like.
A very heavy slab-serif with broad, squarish proportions and crisp, square-ended finishing throughout. Strokes are strongly weighted with pronounced contrast at joins, creating sharp interior counters and a punchy black footprint in text. Serifs read as flat, blocky slabs with minimal to no bracketing, and many joins show small triangular notches or ink-trap-like cut-ins that add bite and improve separation in dense settings. Curves (C, O, S) are firm and controlled rather than calligraphic, while diagonals (V, W, X) feel stout and engineered, maintaining consistent heft across the alphabet and figures.
Best suited to display applications such as headlines, posters, signage, logotypes, and packaging where a dense, high-impact texture is desirable. It can also work for short editorial decks or pull quotes, but its heavy color will dominate longer passages.
The overall tone is assertive and dependable, with a classic, poster-like authority. It carries a subtle vintage and collegiate flavor, evoking workwear, signage, and editorial headlines where impact and solidity matter more than delicacy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact with a sturdy, no-nonsense slab-serif voice, balancing legibility with a bold, graphic presence. The squared terminals and notched joins suggest an emphasis on clarity and separation under heavy weight in print-like conditions.
Spacing and rhythm emphasize compact, chunky forms; the lowercase is robust and slightly utilitarian, and the numerals are similarly weighty and display-oriented. The squared terminals and deep interior shapes create strong word silhouettes, especially at larger sizes.