Slab Square Hisa 3 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, western, rustic, playful, posterish, retro, vintage evoke, display impact, friendly texture, print feel, blocky, chunky, bracketed, rounded corners, inked.
A heavy, block-built slab serif with compact counters, broad proportions, and a slightly irregular, inked texture. Strokes are sturdy and mostly uniform, with squared terminals and prominent slabs that read as gently bracketed and subtly rounded at the corners rather than sharply geometric. The lowercase shows a single-storey a and g, short-to-moderate ascenders, and a firm baseline presence; overall spacing feels open enough to keep the dense shapes from clogging. Figures are similarly chunky and straightforward, matching the letterforms’ wide stance and strong, flat-ended construction.
Best suited for posters, headlines, and short blocks of text where weight and personality are desired. It works well for packaging, menus, signage, and brand marks that want a bold, nostalgic slab-serif voice with a slightly rough, printed feel.
The font conveys a frontier and wood-type spirit with a friendly, slightly mischievous energy. Its substantial slabs and softened edges give it a handcrafted, stamped quality that feels vintage and approachable rather than formal or corporate.
The likely intention is to evoke vintage slab-serif and wood-type traditions in a modern, sturdy drawing that reproduces well at larger sizes. Its softened corners and inked irregularity suggest a design aimed at adding warmth and character while preserving strong legibility.
The design favors strong silhouettes and clear, poster-scale readability, with rounded interior corners and restrained detailing that keep the texture consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals. It maintains a steady rhythm in text while still showing enough character in the serifs and terminals to stand out in display settings.