Slab Square Pola 11 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, ui labels, signage, packaging, industrial, technical, retro, utilitarian, game-like, engineered feel, display clarity, retro-tech styling, robust texturing, boxy, squared, slab serif, ink-trap-like, high contrast corners.
A boxy slab-serif with squared curves, flat terminals, and a largely monoline stroke. The forms are built from straight segments and rounded-rectangle corners, producing compact counters and a slightly stenciled, engineered feel. Serifs are blunt and rectangular, and several joins show small cut-ins that read like ink-trap-inspired notches, helping keep tight interior spaces from clogging. Uppercase proportions are sturdy and geometric, while the lowercase maintains a simple, constructed rhythm with short, squared features and clear differentiation between similar shapes.
Best suited to headlines, labels, and short-to-medium display text where its square slab details can read clearly. It also fits UI/overlay labeling, technical diagrams, and signage that benefits from an engineered, high-contrast silhouette. In dense paragraphs it creates a strong, compact texture, so generous size and spacing help maintain clarity.
The overall tone is mechanical and utilitarian, with a retro digital/industrial flavor. Its rigid geometry and squared detailing give it a confident, no-nonsense voice that feels at home in systems, hardware, and game-era typography.
The design appears intended to merge classic slab-serif sturdiness with a squared, machined construction, prioritizing crisp silhouettes and a technical rhythm. The notch-like join details suggest an effort to preserve legibility in tight corners while maintaining a distinctly geometric, industrial personality.
The numerals and uppercase share a consistent squared-oval logic (notably the rounded-rectangle bowls), and the punctuation/apostrophe styling in the sample text reinforces the crisp, technical character. The design’s tight apertures and compact counters make it feel dense and deliberate, especially in heavier text blocks.