Slab Square Tanay 1 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Diafragma' by ParaType (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: headlines, sports branding, posters, packaging, signage, sporty, industrial, punchy, retro, assertive, impact, motion, ruggedness, brand voice, slab serif, oblique, square terminals, bracketed slabs, tightly fit.
A heavy, oblique slab-serif with compact proportions and a strong, blocky silhouette. Strokes are low-contrast and largely uniform, with squared-off terminals and prominent slabs that read cleanly at display sizes. Curves are slightly squared and flattened in places (notably in rounds like O/C and bowls), giving the face a sturdy, engineered feel. The lowercase is compact with sturdy stems and short, dense joins, and the numerals are wide and weighty with flat, confident tops and bottoms.
Best suited to bold headlines, sports and team-style branding, posters, and packaging where impact and speed are desired. It can also work for signage and short callouts, especially when set with generous tracking or in larger sizes to keep forms open and legible.
The overall tone is energetic and forceful, mixing a utilitarian toughness with a sporty, headline-driven attitude. Its oblique stance and chunky slabs create motion and impact, evoking classic athletic branding and rugged editorial titling rather than delicate or literary settings.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence with a slanted, action-oriented voice while retaining the dependable structure of slab serifs. Its squared construction and dense weight suggest a focus on strong, reproducible shapes for branding and display typography.
The spacing appears tight and the counters are relatively enclosed for the weight, which helps maintain a solid color in short bursts but can build density in longer lines. Diagonal strokes (as in K, V, W, X) stay thick and stable, reinforcing the face’s consistent, muscular rhythm.