Slab Square Sima 9 is a bold, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, labels, packaging, signage, industrial, typewriter, utilitarian, mechanical, rugged, impact, functionality, mechanical tone, retro utility, stamped look, slab serif, square terminals, blocky, high contrast ink traps, notched apexes.
A heavy, monoline slab serif with firm, square-ended terminals and a consistent, engineered rhythm. Strokes are largely uniform, with chunky rectangular serifs and frequent step-like joins that give many letters a cut, notched construction. Curves are kept broad and sturdy, often meeting straight segments with abrupt transitions rather than soft modulation. The overall proportioning is compact and disciplined, producing a dense texture and a very steady horizontal cadence.
Well suited to short, emphatic settings where a sturdy, industrial voice is desired—posters, headlines, product labels, packaging, and utilitarian signage. It can also work for code-like or tabular treatments where even spacing and a mechanical rhythm are beneficial, especially at medium to large sizes.
The tone is pragmatic and workmanlike, evoking stamped labels, utility signage, and classic typewriter-era ephemera. Its blocky forms and squared details feel mechanical and no-nonsense, with a slightly rugged, printed-imperfection character rather than a polished editorial voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a robust, functional slab-serif voice with squared terminals and a fabricated, typewriter-adjacent personality. Its consistent stroke weight and deliberately notched details prioritize impact, legibility, and a mechanical texture over softness or elegance.
Several capitals feature distinctive cut-ins and notches (notably around diagonals and apexes), reinforcing a fabricated, punched-out feel. Numerals and punctuation share the same squared, slabbed construction, supporting consistent color in mixed text. The weight and compactness can make counters feel tight in long passages, but it maintains strong presence at display sizes.