Slab Square Abgot 8 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: body text, editorial, packaging, signage, posters, industrial, typewriter, utilitarian, retro, readability, durability, retro utility, authoritative tone, slab serif, bracketed serifs, rounded joins, open counters, sturdy.
A sturdy slab-serif with low-contrast strokes and broad proportions. The serifs read as bold, mostly squared slabs with subtle bracketing, giving terminals a firm, engineered finish. Curves are generously rounded and counters stay open, while the x-height is tall and the overall rhythm is even and steady in text. Uppercase forms are wide and grounded, and lowercase shapes keep simple, legible constructions with minimal flourish.
Well-suited to extended reading in print and screen contexts where a robust serif is desired, such as magazines, books, and reports. Its strong slabs also make it effective for packaging, headlines, and signage that needs a reliable, slightly vintage voice without sacrificing clarity.
The font conveys a practical, workmanlike tone with a distinct retro, typewriter-adjacent flavor. Its heavy slabs and wide stance feel confident and no-nonsense, balancing warmth from the rounded curves with an industrial sense of structure.
The design appears intended to deliver dependable readability with a bold, structural serif vocabulary—combining a tall, efficient lowercase with wide, stable proportions for confident text setting and pragmatic display use.
In the sample text, the strong serif presence holds lines together and produces a clear horizontal emphasis. Numerals appear straightforward and sturdy, matching the letterforms’ squared-off terminals and consistent weight.