Slab Square Nabal 6 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Edit Serif Arabic', 'Edit Serif Cyrillic', and 'Edit Serif Pro' by Atlas Font Foundry; 'FF Kievit Serif' by FontFont; and 'PT Serif Pro' by ParaType (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, posters, editorial, packaging, sports branding, assertive, retro, industrial, collegiate, impact, authority, nostalgia, signage, branding, blocky, sturdy, bracketless, crisp, compact joints.
A heavy, display-oriented slab serif with broad proportions and crisp, square-ended terminals. Strokes are strongly weighted with clear contrast, producing sharp joins and decisive internal counters. Serifs are prominent and largely unbracketed, giving the letterforms a cut, machined look; curves (notably in C, G, O, and S) are rounded but kept tight and controlled. Lowercase forms read robust and slightly compressed at the joins, with single-storey a and g and a sturdy, straight-sided rhythm across n/m/u. Numerals match the blocky, serifed construction and maintain a consistent, emphatic color in text.
Best suited to headlines, pull quotes, mastheads, and short emphatic settings where its slabs and contrast can read cleanly. It also works well for packaging, labels, and branding that needs a sturdy, vintage-leaning presence, and for sports or institutional-style typography where bold structure is desirable.
The overall tone is confident and punchy, with a vintage print sensibility that feels at home in posters and headlines. Its blunt slabs and strong contrast suggest authority and solidity, leaning toward classic American editorial and collegiate signage vibes.
Designed to deliver maximum impact with a confident slab-serif silhouette and a distinctly print-forward rhythm. The exaggerated weight and crisp terminals prioritize attention and authority over delicate text refinement.
At large sizes the face delivers strong word shapes and a dense typographic texture; at smaller sizes the heavy weight and tight internal spaces can begin to close up, especially in round letters and the more compact lowercase.