Slab Normal Anbir 9 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: body text, editorial, textbooks, reports, ui text, typewriter, academic, sturdy, practical, workhorse text, legibility, editorial utility, document clarity, slab serif, bracketed, horizontal stress, open counters, generous spacing.
A sturdy slab-serif with broad proportions and even, low-contrast strokes. Serifs are firm and mostly rectangular with subtle bracketing, giving terminals a grounded, engineered feel. Curves are smooth and open, with moderate aperture in letters like c and e, while verticals stay straight and consistent. The overall rhythm is steady and readable, with ample sidebearings and a slightly utilitarian, text-first construction across caps, lowercase, and figures.
This font is well suited to body copy in editorial layouts, reports, manuals, and textbook-style typography where consistent texture and durability matter. It can also serve interface or document typography when a slab-serif voice is desired without drawing attention away from content.
The tone feels practical and dependable with a faint typewriter/editorial flavor—serious without being formal. Its sturdy slabs and calm stroke texture suggest clarity, restraint, and a no-nonsense voice suited to informative content.
The design appears intended as a workhorse slab serif: solid serifs, stable proportions, and restrained detailing aimed at reliable readability in paragraphs while still projecting an editorial, print-informed character.
Capital forms read clean and authoritative, while lowercase maintains clear differentiation between similar shapes (notably in a, g, and y), supporting continuous reading. Numerals appear straightforward and robust, matching the letterforms’ blocky serif treatment for consistent color in mixed text.