Slab Square Yana 2 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, album art, zines, hand-drawn, quirky, spiky, eccentric, nervy, expressiveness, handmade feel, rough texture, distinctiveness, experimental serif, angular, wiry, irregular, sketchy, faceted.
A wiry, lightly built serif with angular, faceted outlines that feel drawn from short straight segments rather than smooth curves. Strokes are thin with noticeable jitter and uneven joins, and many terminals end in small slab-like nubs or flattened tips that read as tiny serifs. Proportions are generally narrow with variable letter widths, and the overall rhythm is intentionally irregular—counters are slightly polygonal, curves appear kinked, and diagonals dominate many forms. The texture on the page is airy and scratchy, with occasional ink-like speckling visible in a few glyphs.
Best suited to display settings where texture and personality are desirable—headlines, posters, titles, and short quotes. It can also work for book covers, experimental editorial accents, or branding that leans handcrafted and unconventional, while extended small-size body text may lose clarity due to the wiry strokes and irregularities.
The font conveys an offbeat, handmade energy—more cryptic and experimental than formal. Its spiky geometry and inconsistent pen pressure suggest a nervous, improvised tone that can feel mysterious, mischievous, or slightly unsettling depending on context.
The design appears intended to reinterpret serif structure through a hand-sketched, angular drawing process, prioritizing character and atmospheric texture over strict regularity. It aims to be recognizable and expressive, with slab-like terminals providing a familiar typographic anchor amid the fractured geometry.
In text, the distinctive angular construction remains clear, but the deliberate roughness and uneven spacing create a restless line rhythm. The mixture of small slab terminals with sketch-like stroke behavior makes it feel like a hybrid of classic serif cues and DIY mark-making.