Slab Square Ugmev 3 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book typography, editorial, magazines, pull quotes, headlines, literary, classic, scholarly, refined, italic emphasis, editorial clarity, classic tone, robust serifs, bracketed serifs, angled stress, calligraphic, sharp joints, crisp.
This typeface is an italic slab-serif with assertive, bracketed serifs and crisp, squared-off terminals. Strokes show a moderate thick–thin relationship with a noticeable diagonal stress, and the italic angle is consistent across capitals, lowercase, and figures. Proportions feel traditional, with open counters and a steady rhythm; lowercase forms are compact but readable, while capitals are slightly wide and strongly structured. The numerals follow the same slanted, serifed construction, maintaining even color in text despite the pronounced serif shapes.
It performs well in editorial typography where an italic voice is needed for emphasis—introductions, quotes, captions, and literary display. It can also serve as an elegant headline or subhead style, especially where a classic serif tone is desired but with more structural weight at the terminals than a typical old-style italic.
The overall tone reads literary and editorial—formal without feeling stiff. Its italic stance and sturdy slabs suggest a confident, slightly old-style sophistication suited to classic publishing contexts.
The design appears intended to provide a robust italic companion with clear, bookish proportions and a distinctive slab-serif footprint, offering emphasis that remains highly legible and stylistically consistent in longer text settings.
The design emphasizes clarity through open apertures and defined entry/exit strokes, while the slab serifs add strong horizontal anchoring. In the sample text, spacing appears balanced for continuous reading, with a lively texture created by the italic motion and firm serif presence.