Slab Square Afliy 10 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: text blocks, editorial, magazines, manuals, packaging, bookish, utilitarian, retro, authoritative, compact readability, utilitarian tone, editorial texture, durable forms, slab serif, bracketless, square terminals, compact, sturdy.
A compact slab-serif design with sturdy, square-ended serifs and largely unbracketed joins. Strokes stay fairly even in weight, with crisp, flat terminals that give the letters a clean, engineered edge. Proportions are condensed with tight sidebearings, and the lowercase shows a tall x-height that keeps counters open and readable. Curves (C, O, e) are smoothly drawn but resolve into firm horizontal/vertical endings, and details like the ball-less, straight-armed forms (e.g., t, f) reinforce a practical, no-nonsense rhythm.
Works well for dense text blocks, captions, and editorial typography where a compact footprint and steady texture are helpful. The sturdy slabs and clear shapes also suit manuals, forms, and packaging that needs a dependable, slightly industrial voice without sacrificing readability.
The overall tone is functional and editorial, with a slightly retro, typewriter-adjacent sturdiness. It feels matter-of-fact and institutional rather than delicate, projecting clarity and authority while staying approachable for continuous reading.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, highly readable slab-serif with firm, square finishing and consistent rhythm, balancing traditional serif structure with a more mechanical, modern edge for practical publishing contexts.
The numerals are straightforward and legible, matching the same squared serif language; figures like 1 and 7 stay simple and crisp, and 0 is cleanly oval. Uppercase forms read disciplined and vertical, while the lowercase maintains a consistent texture line-to-line, producing a steady gray value in paragraph settings.