Slab Square Sipi 1 is a bold, narrow, monoline, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, album art, quirky, playful, retro, hand-cut, posterish, display impact, handmade texture, retro poster, quirky character, blocky, angular, wedge-serif, irregular, choppy.
A compact, block-built slab with squared terminals and crisp, angular corners. Strokes keep an even, heavy thickness while counters and joins show deliberate irregularity, creating a subtly wavy baseline and a cut-paper feel. Serifs read as chunky wedges and bracketless slabs, with many forms leaning on straight segments and stepped diagonals rather than smooth curves. Proportions are tight and condensed overall, with tall ascenders/descenders relative to the lowercase bodies and slightly inconsistent widths that add texture in setting.
Best suited to display work such as headlines, posters, event flyers, packaging fronts, and punchy signage where its angular slabs and irregular rhythm can be a feature. It can also work for short bursts of text in themed layouts, but the busy, choppy shapes are most effective when given room to breathe.
The letterforms project a mischievous, slightly spooky, old-poster energy—part carnival placard, part DIY zine. Its intentional roughness and jittery rhythm feel lively and human, leaning more toward character and attitude than polish.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, square-ended slab voice with a deliberately handmade, slightly distorted construction. It prioritizes memorable silhouettes and a lively, cut-and-paste texture for attention-grabbing display typography.
Distinctive, squarish shapes in the bowls and numerals reinforce a geometric, sign-painted look, while the uneven edges prevent it from feeling purely mechanical. The font maintains strong silhouette recognition at larger sizes, where the angular details and slab tips become a key part of the voice.