Slab Square Itry 5 is a bold, wide, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, sports branding, book covers, editorial, confident, vintage, sporty, punchy, impact, emphasis, heritage tone, headline clarity, brand presence, bracketed, ink-trap feel, beaked, calligraphic, sturdy.
A sturdy italic slab-serif with pronounced weight contrast and a forward-leaning rhythm. The serifs are bold and strongly bracketed, with mostly flat, squared ends that read crisp at display sizes. Curves are full and slightly tapered into joins, giving an inked, press-like feel, while counters stay open and rounded. Proportions run broad with generous set widths, and the overall texture is dark and emphatic, especially in uppercase and numerals.
Best suited to display typography where impact and personality are needed—headlines, poster work, packaging, and branding that benefits from a bold italic voice. It can also work for short editorial callouts, pull quotes, and titling, where its dark color and wide proportions enhance presence.
The tone is assertive and energetic, combining old-style warmth with a sporty, headline-ready punch. Its slanted stance and heavy slab details suggest momentum and confidence, with a subtle vintage/editorial character rather than a strictly modern, neutral voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a forceful, legible italic with classic slab-serif authority, pairing strong rectangular serifs with high-contrast strokes for emphasis. It aims to balance robust structure with a slightly inked, human rhythm to keep large text feeling lively rather than rigid.
Uppercase forms appear blocky and stable with large serifs and strong vertical presence, while lowercase shows more calligraphic modulation and lively terminals (notably in letters like a, e, f, and y). Numerals are heavy and rounded with prominent slabs, supporting attention-grabbing settings.