Slab Square Pedi 6 is a regular weight, wide, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logotypes, western, vintage, playful, rustic, theatrical, wood-type feel, vintage display, decorative clarity, poster impact, signage voice, slab serif, bracketed serifs, ink-trap notches, flared joins, soft corners.
A bold, compact slab-serif with chunky, strongly bracketed serifs and mostly monolinear strokes. The letterforms have subtly irregular, carved-looking terminals with small notches and wedge-like shaping that adds texture without becoming distressed. Counters are fairly open and round, and curves transition into stems with soft, bulbous joins that give the design a hand-cut, display-oriented rhythm. Numerals and capitals are sturdy and prominent, while the lowercase stays relatively short, emphasizing a squat, poster-like silhouette.
Best suited to display work such as posters, headlines, signage, and packaging where its chunky slabs and decorative terminal details can be appreciated. It can also work for short blurbs or pull quotes when you want a vintage, rustic voice, but it’s most convincing at larger sizes where the notches and brackets stay crisp.
The overall tone feels old-time and showbills-adjacent, with a friendly ruggedness that suggests wood type, saloon signage, or circus posters. Its lively terminals and chiseled details create a playful, theatrical energy while remaining legible at headline sizes.
The design appears intended to echo classic slab-serif display lettering with a slightly hand-tooled feel—combining sturdy, readable structures with small ornamental cuts to evoke traditional print and signage aesthetics.
Spacing and proportions read generously wide, helping the dense slab shapes breathe in lines of text. The distinctive notched terminals and bracketed slabs are consistent across letters and figures, giving the face a recognizable “carved” signature in both all-caps and mixed-case settings.