Slab Square Kyra 9 is a very bold, very narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, branding, labels, western, circus, wanted-poster, rowdy, rustic, wood-type revival, vintage display, attention grabbing, poster impact, blocky, angular, faceted, notched, stencil-like.
A compact, heavy display face with tall proportions and strong, block-built letterforms. Strokes stay broadly even in thickness, while corners and joins are sharply chamfered, creating a faceted silhouette. Slab-like terminals are flat and squared, often accented by small nicks and wedges that give the outlines a cut, poster-ready texture. Counters are tight and geometric, and the overall rhythm is punchy and high-impact with slightly irregular, hand-cut nuances across the alphabet and figures.
Best suited to display settings where impact matters: posters, headlines, packaging labels, event graphics, and storefront-style signage. It holds up well at larger sizes where the notches, chamfers, and slab terminals can read clearly, and it can add period flavor to logos and titles.
The tone reads as old-time American and theatrical—part frontier signage, part circus broadside. Its chiseled, notched shapes feel loud and assertive, with a rugged, playful grit that suggests print-era show typography rather than polished corporate modernism.
The design appears intended to evoke wood-type and broadside lettering—bold, economical shapes with crisp squared terminals and carved detailing—optimized for attention-grabbing display typography with a vintage, Western-leaning character.
Uppercase forms are especially emphatic and signage-oriented, while the lowercase retains the same carved, angular logic for consistency. Numerals follow the same condensed, squared construction, making them visually compatible in headlines and short callouts.